My Final Campaign Message to Labour Members
Dear Member,
The new Leader of the Labour Party will be announced this Friday after an energising election process. I’d like to thank you and the many members who have engaged with this process whether by attending a husting, sharing your views or casting your vote.
Labour Leadership Husting Speech
Portlaoise, 21st June 2014
I would like to begin by thanking Labour Youth for hosting these election hustings as part of the annual Tom Johnson Summer School. Debate, argument, and the contest of ideas has always been central in the life of the Labour movement, and Labour Youth are to be congratulated for keeping this tradition very much alive, year to year.
June 16th 2014
One of my earliest memories as a child was watching the television coverage of the 1969 general election with my Dad. I was ten. I remember sharing in the disappointment of that election setback, but picking up from him a remarkable sense of optimism and commitment to changing things - a commitment that so many people in this party have -and that has stayed with me ever since that childhood experience.
HOW CAN LABOUR PRINCIPLES SHAPE THE 21st CENTURY IRELAND AND WHAT IS THE ROLE OF TRADE UNIONISM IN THE CENTURY AHEAD?
William Norton House, 14th June 2014
Thank you very much Chairman, Joan, friends and comrades. I want to thank you for affording me the opportunity to be here today and to participate in this debate. It’s terrific to see such interest and involvement in the Party and the trade union movement. It is also heartening to see the solidarity and collaboration that we have as a Party with the trade union movement.
ALEX WHITE: We must now look to harness the talents of all our parliamentarians, so as to present a more rounded view of the modern Labour Party
On the face of it what the Labour Party believes in is what most people believe in. We share a vision of society, a vision characterised by values of fairness, community, justice and equality of opportunity. We believe in the regulation of markets in the public interest. We believe in the provision of good, shared public services from our pooled resources. We believe that all of our citizens, old or young, healthy or disabled, gay or straight, people of all religions or none, are entitled to equality before the law and the best possible opportunity to live life to the fullest.
Dear Member,
I have decided to enter the contest for the leadership of the Labour Party, and I am asking for your support and your vote. This is a decisive moment for our Party.
