Galloway on Big Brother - the official thread

[Macullam]

George runs three-legged race for children's charities

George runs three-legged race for children's charities

 

[tollbar]

And some very fetching headgear he was wearing as well.

 

[nino_savatte]

George runs three-legged race for children's charities

Link?

 

[Fisher_Gate]

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Only parts 2a to 2d of the Resolution were passed. The rest was defeated due to, I believe, the opposition of the SWP.

BarryB

The rest of the resolution was deferred by the NC, pending a meeting between GG and 'NC members who could attend to agree a joint statement'. This meeting took place on Monday 6th Feb and was attended by about half the NC (25 or so), including most of those in the SWP on the NC. It overwhelmingly endorsed a statement written by GG defending his presence on BB. Salma Yaqoob could not attend but sent a motivation for her critical motion. Ken Loach and Alan Thornett, who were able to attend, voted against the GG statement. The statement has yet to be published on the Respect web site. The critics of the BB episode in Respect are demanding the minutes of these NC meetings are circulated to Respect members, so they know what is agreed, and who proposed/voted what way. In the absence of that freedom of information, they are openly circulating their own reports, apparently much to the anoyance of the SWP leadership who wish the whole issue would go away.

 

[X-77]

Link?

here ya go..
http://www.respectcoalition.org/?ite=988

 

[nino_savatte]

here ya go..
http://www.respectcoalition.org/?ite=988

Aw, bless!

 

[Fisher_Gate]

The rest of the resolution was deferred by the NC, pending a meeting between GG and 'NC members who could attend to agree a joint statement'. This meeting took place on Monday 6th Feb and was attended by about half the NC (25 or so), including most of those in the SWP on the NC. It overwhelmingly endorsed a statement written by GG defending his presence on BB. Salma Yaqoob could not attend but sent a motivation for her critical motion. Ken Loach and Alan Thornett, who were able to attend, voted against the GG statement. The statement has yet to be published on the Respect web site. The critics of the BB episode in Respect are demanding the minutes of these NC meetings are circulated to Respect members, so they know what is agreed, and who proposed/voted what way. In the absence of that freedom of information, they are openly circulating their own reports, apparently much to the anoyance of the SWP leadership who wish the whole issue would go away.

Minutes have now been placed on the website in the last day or two - presumably to avoid the problem of unofficial reports circulating. A small step forward for democracy. I presume those of 6th Feb will follow, though the GG statement has not appeared yet.

http://respectcoalition.org/index.php?sec=3