Negativity will breed only one thing – negativity

By Alexander Hay

It is time that we as the Labour Party regained the trust of the electorate, brought the positivity back to politics and start the new politics that the electorate desire and have been promised for so long.

What type of politicians are you if you rely on breeding negativity to be elected?

We’ve seen so many broken promises from this coalition. Back room deals, lies and the promised era of new politics abandoned in favour of the old, corrosive politics that has led to the public distrust and rising apathy.

I want to inspire an era of new politics, powerful politics and a people’s politics.

A people’s politics needs to start in our internal structure. These NEC Youth Representative elections are not fair. They are not democratic. They are a system that we should not accept and we should fight to change. How is it fair for a selection of delegates to vote on who represents all young members? Why is it not one member, one vote?

I have said throughout the election that the current system is flawed and have said how there can be no price for democracy. Look at Egypt, they are fighting for freedoms and rights. We have those here – why are we not using them? One member. One vote. It is as simple as that and that is the only fair and progressive approach we can and should have.

As a party we strive for equality and fairness yet it is lacking in the internal attitude to our youth wing. One member, one vote gives equality between youth members, fairness to all those involved and impacted in the decision and greater accountability to those elected.

Change the system. Prove it works. Bring about fairness and equality.

Let us prove that this new, positive politics is the future. Let us take the leading step into a new politics where we can represent members and the public, gain support, keep promises and become open and honest to the public.

The time for a new politics is now. It starts with the NEC Youth Rep elections. You decide if you want the new politics era to be kick started or pushed back another decade.

Alexander Hay is a candidate for NEC youth rep