Thoughts on Labour’s NPF Report ’25 – davelevy.info
This article looks at the development of Labour’s Policy as its annual Conference approaches. It looks at the rules commitment to “voting in parts”, and reproduces an NPF report r…| davelevy.info
This article looks at the development of Labour’s Policy as its annual Conference approaches. It looks at the rules commitment to “voting in parts”, and reproduces an NPF report r…| davelevy.info
I have posted an article to my Linkedin blog. I had come across an article on medium, and so probably behind their paywall, called, “The Death of Agile: Why Tech Giants Are Abandoning Scrum and Wha…| davelevy.info
I went to London region’s fringe meeting. These are held inside the conference centre and must be sponsored by a region. This meeting was called “Getting involved in politics”. It’s platform consisted of Dawn Butler MP, Robbie Scott (TULO), Miriam Myrwitch (London Labour), and two GMB voluntary officers from the Labour Party branch and the Parliamentary Staffs branch. I don’t know if the platform learnt anything, but some probing questions were asked, mainly about the Labour Par...| davelevy.info
Over the last week, at GMB Congress, three reasons to rejoin the EU or at least the single market have, in my opinion, been exposed.| davelevy.info
Today, is the 21st anniversary of starting this blog. The first article called “Online at last” is still available. Back then I promised or hoped that some of what I put here, about IT issues, business and Computer Games (including| davelevy.info
Last night I watched a video about Canada raising a large toll on lorries travelling from the Lower 48 to Alaska, and it documents and forecast the impact on the fragile Alaskan economy. It reminded me of the trade barriers| davelevy.info
I wrote a piece on the Peter Principle and Creative Incompetence on my LinkedIn blog. The Peter principle, suggests that people are promoted to levels of incompetence. I the article I argue that this is aggravated by the fact that| davelevy.info
I went to London region’s fringe meeting. These are held inside the conference centre and must be sponsored by a region. This meeting was called “Getting involved in politics”. It’s platform…| davelevy.info
Over the last week, at GMB Congress, three reasons to rejoin the EU or at least the single market have, in my opinion, been exposed.| davelevy.info
At a meeting yesterday, I asked about/EU/UK cooperation within the justice pillar. I asked if in order to develop further cooperation, the UK would need to sign up to the EU’s charter of fundamental rights. The senior MEP present stated| davelevy.info
I posted a note on things we’ve forgotton about the GDPR. I posted this on Linkedin & Medium. It talks about the DPO, Privacy Impact Analysis and 3rd Party standards. … 1. The DPO needs industry-leading knowledge on both the| davelevy.info
As is traditional the GMB debated international solidarity on Thursday morning although since a GMB workplace in Northern Ireland had been attacked, a delegate from that Region addressed Congress. He is followed by an address from Tariq Pollard, from the| davelevy.info
Trans-rights There was one motion on the issue of Trans-rights, this is/was 242. RETURN THE CONCEPT OF FEMINISM WHERE IT BELONGS on p121 of the agenda document. At the centre of this motion is the call that “the position that| davelevy.info
On the day before Congress started a leading US West Coast trade unionist David Huerta was violently arrested in Los Angeles while observing a demonstration. I drafted an emergency motion expressing our solidarity and commitment to the right to assemble| davelevy.info
I moved a motion entitled higher education, knowledge and funding. In my speech I placed the crisis of HE funding in the context of macro-economic policy and as the results of Labour’s hostile environment. I had been inspired to write| davelevy.info
There were two debates on AI, calling for Transparency, Accountability and Job Security. I briefly review the and reference the two motions, point at the TUC proposals, the French SA’s fining of Amazon, ORG’s critique of the Data Use and| davelevy.info
We were addressed by Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. This article summarises the speech, and offers some comments. Rachel Reeves, the chancellor of the exchequer, spoke to Congress. In her speech, She covered a number of issues, starting| davelevy.info
Congress 2025 was required to elect the Union’s president and vice-president. I have only been attending Congress for a few years and Barbara Plant has always chaired them. I am told that her predecessor, held the role for many years| davelevy.info
The CEC presented a special paper on Industrial Strategy and Infrastructure. It argues that the UK needs an industrial policy, that needs to be public sector led, with appropriate [public] ownership models and central planning. The rest of this article, overleaf, explores the themes in more detail. ...| davelevy.info
The General secretary, Gary Smith, presented the annual report, which excludes the detailed financial report which has its own agenda item later in the week. The following summary is based on notes I took at the time, which I have not checked on the video record. The aerticle, overleaf, talks about growth of membership, energy, the anti-politics of politics., and my article finishes with Gary's shopping list. ...| davelevy.info
M20, from my branch, on making the privacy policy better was moved by and carried, annoyingly I didn’t make the point powerfully enough that the problem is that the GMB will not permit the use of email for contract purposes| davelevy.info
Congress debated and approved rule changes presented by the CEC, including extended expulsion reasons for union members and handling of disciplinary actions. Notably, rights regarding motion tablin…| davelevy.info
Over the last week, at GMB Congress, three reasons to rejoin the EU or at least the single market have, in my opinion, been exposed. The EU’s GDPR is an important law establishing the right to privacy as we are| davelevy.info
Yesterday, the GMB adopted a motion entitled, “For a fair and humane immigration policy”. This was proposed by my Branch and moved at Congress by me. The motion confirms its policy on fairness and dignity in immigration policy, calling for| davelevy.info
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