tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post1148236146632657067..comments2023-06-14T01:57:25.811+12:00Comments on UNITY: RESPECT split formalised - two opposing conferencesUNITYbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04988382051387127423noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-71071794077354139492007-11-05T08:03:00.000+13:002007-11-05T08:03:00.000+13:00It is not serious to say that Respect is going to ...It is not serious to say that Respect is going to have two opposing conferences. One is a conference of elected delegates from Respect branches. The other is a "Renewal" conference to which anyone can turn up, which has been organized on the same day as the Respect Conference, nearby. This second is clearly completely unprincipled. <BR/>The principled thing to do would be to argue at conference John Mullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04936937247932651511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-75737336891988311502007-11-05T06:55:00.000+13:002007-11-05T06:55:00.000+13:00The SWP-backed "Official" RESPECT conference (as y...The SWP-backed "Official" RESPECT conference (as you put it) may or may not be representative of the majority of RESPECT members. It may or may not have been a good idea to go ahead with it. But it is the official annual conference of RESPECT planned many months ago to which numerous local branches have submitted motions. Your quotation marks are therefore unnecessary (if you are suppporting the Colin Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18289871502193731761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-65752223432372565002007-11-04T21:56:00.000+13:002007-11-04T21:56:00.000+13:00While that may be the divide, the two documents do...While that may be the divide, the two documents don't review the political tactics involved.<BR/>This article <BR/>http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=957<BR/>considers the options before those who want to proceed with a new party dynamic in Respect such that the conference call -- Respect Renewal -- makes a lot more sense than being just a "split" engineered by G. Galloway. <BR/><BR/>Respect Dave Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319742357589026156noreply@blogger.com