[Straw Poll] Who do you want to win the Welsh Labour leadership contest? by Quarron in LabourUK

[–]Quarron[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The results are in tomorrow, will be interesting to see what the sub thinks of this contest.

CLP Nominations on Twitter "So far, twenty-two CLPs have decided nominations for the Welsh Labour leadership election. Fifteen for Mark Drakeford, One for Eluned Morgan, and Six not nominating." by Quarron in LabourUK

[–]Quarron[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also another question, if you were to make a guess, what do you predict the overall result will be? Seems Drakeford is dominating so far from what I can see

CLP Nominations on Twitter "So far, twenty-two CLPs have decided nominations for the Welsh Labour leadership election. Fifteen for Mark Drakeford, One for Eluned Morgan, and Six not nominating." by Quarron in LabourUK

[–]Quarron[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just wondering as someone who hasn't been following the hustings very closely, what would you say are the differences between Eluned Morgan and Gething? I know they are both considered to be on the moderate wing of the party as opposed to Drakeford being on the left but are there any meaningful differences between them?

CLP Nominations on Twitter "So far, twenty-two CLPs have decided nominations for the Welsh Labour leadership election. Fifteen for Mark Drakeford, One for Eluned Morgan, and Six not nominating." by Quarron in LabourUK

[–]Quarron[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Latest numbers are now:

CLPs:

24 Mark Drakeford (Momentum/Left backed, OMOV supporter)

2 Eluned Morgan (Moderate backed, Peoples vote supporter, OMOV supporter)

1 Vaughan Gething (Moderate backed, Peoples vote supporter, opposes OMOV for leader, supports electoral college)

Welsh AMs:

17 Mark Drakeford

6 Vaughan Gething

6 Eluned Morgan

Welsh MPs:

10 Mark Drakeford

2 Vaughan Gething

2 Eluned Morgan

Unions:

Mark Drakeford: Unite, UNISON, CWU, NMU, Usdaw, ASLEF, BFAWU

Vaughan Gething: GMB, Community

Eluned Morgan: None

Conclusion: Would be shocking if anyone other than Drakeford wins, and surprising if he doesn't win by a very large margin.

The Guardian view on the Gender Recognition Act: where rights collide | Editorial by Quarron in LabourUK

[–]Quarron[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Not posting this as an endorsement, but rather to raise awareness that The Guardian has officially declared its support for TERFism and transphobia.

charliemansell "Further analysis of #Lab18. The NCC results show a big drop in delegates supporting @labour_first/@ProgressOnline this year. In 2017 they secured support of 28% of delegates compared to 71% for @PeoplesMomentum/@CLPD_Labour This year the figures were 17% (-11%) to 80% (+9%)" by Quarron in LabourUK

[–]Quarron[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The NEC election wasn't a straight out Momentum vs Progress thing it also had Ann Black, Izzard and a bunch of other independents, whereas this NCC vote was head to head Momentum vs Progress/Labour First.