I think that the "little mystery"* of the RUC's internal workings could be solved by a request to the electoral commission or whoever registers political parties. It's my understanding that each party on registration has to provide a copy of its constitution and the names &c of its officers to be filed away and hopefully shown to interested members of the public.
I think it's quite telling that rebel warrior says that
there will be a national conference at the end of October where I expect policy etc. will be debated and decided on and more democratic structures, a constitution, etc created.
From this, several conclusions are inescapable.
Firstly, the policies the RUC has stood on thus far aren't worth the paper they're written on. Their promises are without value, as is the founding statement, and every single piece of election material they have thus far produced.
Secondly, whatever else the RUC currently is, it is not democratic. Although - in the RUC's founding statement - they have declared that "There is a crisis of representation, a democratic deficit, at the heart of politics in Britain. We aim to offer a solution to this crisis", it is evident that the crisis in representation which they've identified extends to very top of the RUC itself!
Were I a member of this misbegotten organisation, there are several questions I'd like answers to
now, not in three months' time.
1) Who decided that the RUC would stand as "Respect: the Unity Coalition - George Galloway"?
2) Who decided to boycott the Independent, and who decided that such a boycott was a bad idea?
3) Who is in charge of the office? And who appointed them?
4) Who selected the candidates?
5) What is George Galloway's position in the RUC? And who appointed him to it?
6) Who wrote the manifestos, and who decided on the content?
7) Will anyone be disciplined for slagging off the membership?
8) What rules and regulations have governed the workings of the RUC since its foundation?
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*rebel warrior, post 14
