Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Changes to the Conservative Party Constitution

 

Changes to the Conservative Party Constitution

 

Last week the following email was sent to members of the National Convention by CCHQ

 

National Convention Ballot

All members of the National Convention (predominantly association chairmen) should have received an email this week with details on how to vote upon a set of amendments to the Party Constitution. These have been discussed widely since 2015 and members are encouraged to cast their votes as soon as possible. The ballot closes on 17 November. Association Chairmen with Conservative MPs are asked to remind their MP of the importance of casting their votes as members of the Constitutional College in order to reach the threshold required for amendments to be passed.

 

For five years these amendments have been under discussion.   They were started under Lord Feldman.(who’s he?).   Because of the three-year rule very few members of the Convention will have participated in the first three years discussion.   Those members who have just joined the Convention (approx. one third of the Convention) will have no knowledge of the discussions.   You would think that in these  circumstances there would be a full debate with the opportunity to move amendments. Not a chance.   Once again ordinary Party members are treated with the utmost contempt.    At the National Convention meeting earlier this month not a word was said about introducing these changes.   I wonder why not?

 

Will the new members be told that the Constitution is not worth the paper it is written on because the Party Board can effectively take whatever action it thinks fit and overrule the rest of the Constitution as it has done several times?   No changes there then!

 

What has happened to Boris’s promise to radically reform the Conservative Party, which he made during the Leadership election?   No sign of it in these proposals!

 

WATCH THIS SPACE!   We will try to keep ordinary members of the Party informed.

 

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