As many of you will kmow, every year I organise a dinner for London delegates at Labour Party Conference. This year it was the biggest ever and very enjoyable, as you can see from the photos. I certainly had a good time eating Chinese and drinking white wine and I hope everyone else did too. Sitting round chatting in congenial surroundings makes all the difference and allows us to get to know each other outside Labour Party meetings.
There was a very positive atmosphere of anticipation, partly I think because the dinner took place after the announcement of the leadership results but before the new Leader’s speech
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The good feeling also, I am sure, reflected the outstanding results the London Borough elections earlier this year. All those who worked to make the London results so good deserve hearty congratulations from all of us.
It was especially good to welcome councillors Ranjit Dheer from Ealing; Althea Smith and Sunil Chopra from Southwark; Colin and Jason Ellar from Hounslow; John Paschoud and Stella Jeffrey (and her husband Kevin) from Lewisham and Adam Harrison from Camden, all of whom were parts of teams which surged to victory wresting control of each council. Since Colin works for me part-time and Adam has been on the staff team in the past, I was especially pleased at their results.
It would be remiss not to mention another Councillor, John Gray, a fellow blogger and UNISON activist who spoke at my fringe meeting. Also present was Naomi Phillips who does public affairs for the British Humanist Association. Since I can’t name everyone, I hope those who haven’t had a mention will understand.
A very big thank you to all who came along and very best wishes for the year ahead.
Filed under: Labour Party | Tagged: British Humanist Association, Lewisham, Ealing, Camden, Southwark, London Borogh elections
