Comments on: Gender Balance and Euro Selections - setting some facts straight http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/11/12/gender-balance-and-euro-selections-setting-some-facts-straight/ crass, boorish and more a bruiser than blogger Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:42:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Simon Jerram http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/11/12/gender-balance-and-euro-selections-setting-some-facts-straight/#comment-106805 Simon Jerram Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:37:39 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/11/12/gender-balance-and-euro-selections-setting-some-facts-straight/#comment-106805 I'm of a similar opinion of Nich. Seems a nice enough bloke, but... Also feeling that I should have asked round more before voting. I’m of a similar opinion of Nich. Seems a nice enough bloke, but…

Also feeling that I should have asked round more before voting.

]]> By: More on those European selections « Anders Hanson http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/11/12/gender-balance-and-euro-selections-setting-some-facts-straight/#comment-106054 More on those European selections « Anders Hanson Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:23:19 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/11/12/gender-balance-and-euro-selections-setting-some-facts-straight/#comment-106054 [...] then suddenly when the result is known everyone has an opinion.  The best of them so far is from James Graham, who explains some of the problems with the selection process, but also clarifies the gender [...] […] then suddenly when the result is known everyone has an opinion.  The best of them so far is from James Graham, who explains some of the problems with the selection process, but also clarifies the gender […]

]]> By: A PPC http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/11/12/gender-balance-and-euro-selections-setting-some-facts-straight/#comment-105741 A PPC Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:55:59 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/11/12/gender-balance-and-euro-selections-setting-some-facts-straight/#comment-105741 I'm not going to post under my name, but as an internationalist I have looked on at the Euro-selections with utter dismay. Linda is a rare exception on the Euro-lists. For the selection process was so flawed as to be virtually rigged for the reasons James outlines. As a PPC in a reasonable seat there is no way I could have stood, but I cannot imagine anyone with any serious ambition and judgment of what can be achieved in a selection under these rules, would go for it if this happens again. As it happened, member engagement was nil. There were three (I think) hustings near me; one clashed with Community Canvass Week and the other two were cancelled due to the phoney election. Nobody was allowed to express a view for against any other candidate (I ignored this and told folk about the two people I would like to see elected and the one I would not). The rules MUST be torn up and rewritten from scratch. James which comix do you get the wording from by the way? I might have to borrow them. Then again, I might not....! I’m not going to post under my name, but as an internationalist I have looked on at the Euro-selections with utter dismay.

Linda is a rare exception on the Euro-lists. For the selection process was so flawed as to be virtually rigged for the reasons James outlines. As a PPC in a reasonable seat there is no way I could have stood, but I cannot imagine anyone with any serious ambition and judgment of what can be achieved in a selection under these rules, would go for it if this happens again.

As it happened, member engagement was nil. There were three (I think) hustings near me; one clashed with Community Canvass Week and the other two were cancelled due to the phoney election. Nobody was allowed to express a view for against any other candidate (I ignored this and told folk about the two people I would like to see elected and the one I would not).

The rules MUST be torn up and rewritten from scratch.

James which comix do you get the wording from by the way? I might have to borrow them. Then again, I might not….!

]]> By: Paul Walter http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/11/12/gender-balance-and-euro-selections-setting-some-facts-straight/#comment-105479 Paul Walter Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:47:52 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/11/12/gender-balance-and-euro-selections-setting-some-facts-straight/#comment-105479 "Dingos kidneys" "batshit crazy talk" All in all: LOL! “Dingos kidneys”

“batshit crazy talk”

All in all: LOL!

]]> By: James Graham http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/11/12/gender-balance-and-euro-selections-setting-some-facts-straight/#comment-105471 James Graham Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:41:31 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/11/12/gender-balance-and-euro-selections-setting-some-facts-straight/#comment-105471 I should have added, but forgot, that the real scandal of this selection was the lack of an ethnic minority candidate on the London list. I should have added, but forgot, that the real scandal of this selection was the lack of an ethnic minority candidate on the London list.

]]> By: Meral Ece http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/11/12/gender-balance-and-euro-selections-setting-some-facts-straight/#comment-105470 Meral Ece Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:39:10 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/11/12/gender-balance-and-euro-selections-setting-some-facts-straight/#comment-105470 Well said James! Is it any wonder that we never get far with moving the Equality and Diversity debate into actual change, given there is still so much resisitance. Well said James! Is it any wonder that we never get far with moving the Equality and Diversity debate into actual change, given there is still so much resisitance.

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