How democratic is the Labour party's organisation? & Does it matter?

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How Democratic is the Labour Party Organisation & Does it Matter?

The organisation of the Labour party today is very different from what it used to be like as ‘old labour’. In this day and age the party is structured so that it seemly is very democratic and that everyone gets a chance to have a say in the decisions its makes. However as Diane Abbott said “the forums are a smoke screen for autocratic decision making”. In other words the system is less democratic then the masses are lead to believe. This is thanks to the system that was set up by Blair specifically made so that all decisions would be made by the elite.  This is known as an elitist system.

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This can be seen with the example of the conference. In times past a conference was were the policies could be debated, discussed and fought over, however the story couldn’t be more different today. The conference is little more now than a media focused event in which everyone agrees because they have already had their say. Whether it has been listen to or not is a completely different matter.

The policies are created by the NPF (Who is headed by the party leader) they then go through a number of layers of the party system each policy being deliberated at ...

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