12th June – Tooting campaign day On 12th June I joined Labour Students on the doorstep in Tooting for the fantastic Dr Rosena Allin-Khan. The Tooting by-election was called for 16th June after former MP Sadiq Khan was elected mayor of London in May. I campaigned with students and young members from across London who came down for the day to help in Tooting, despite the weather we knocked on hundreds of doors across the constituency and hopefully helped towards a Labour win! 13th June – Meeting with Labour's International Projects Manager I met with Labour’s International Projects Manager on June 13th to talk about how we ensure the Labour Party has a global presence during meetings of other democratic socialist parties around the world. It was useful to discuss how Young Labour can also play a role in this. 14th June – Meeting with the Shadow Cabinet, Trade Union leaders and the NEC I was invited to take part in a meeting of the shadow cabinet with trade union leaders and other NEC members to listen to Jeremy talk about the fact that the friends on the greatest issues of our generation such as global poverty and improving the lives of people across Europe. We know that the EU protects our human rights and also protects key worker’s rights. That’s why we are working hard for a remain vote. 15th June – Meeting with Dave Ward (CWU general secretary) I was invited down to CWU HQ on 15th June to meet with the general secretary of my trade union, Dave Ward. It was great to catch up with Dave after my election to NEC and talk about how we can work together to encourage more of our young members to get involved in their trade unions. One of my main priorities when I ran for NEC was to ensure Young Labour engages more with our trade unions and puts young trade unionists at the heart of our movement. This is a priority that I am working hard on by meeting with various trade union leaders to discuss how we can better work together. 16th June – Tooting by-election The Tooting by-election took place on 16th June. I arrived in Tooting early with many other Young Labour members to campaign for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan in the key marginal seat. We knocked many doors in the morning and noticed Labour posters in almost every window. Rosena went on to win Tooting that evening with an increased majority. I’m proud to have helped on this campaign and of the young members that hammered the doors day in day out for 6 weeks to get Rosena elected. She will be an asset to the PLP. Sadly, I left door knocking in Tooting at around 2pm when we got the news that one of our MPs, Jo Cox had been shot and stabbed in her constituency. We were unaware of the extent of the news at the time. I headed over to Labour HQ where we eventually got the news that Jo had tragically died. Although I didn’t know Jo the news hit me and many other Labour friends incredibly hard. Jo was out doing her job, serving her community and her constituency. She was always fighting for what she believed in whether that was campaigning for a remain vote or helping refugees. Jo was also a Mother and a Wife, her children are now left without a Mother because of this mindless murder. The strength that has been shown since Jo’s murder by her family and the Labour Party has been incredible. Jo said in her maiden speech “We have far more in common than which divides us” which is something we often forget in the Labour Party. We have came together under the idea that we have #moreincommon to raise money for charities that Jo Cox devoted her life to and if you can spare a few pounds please donate in her memory: https://www.gofundme.com/jocox. 23rd June – EU Referendum For most of June I was out on the doorstep campaigning for the UK to remain in the EU. It was a fantastic campaign following the battle bus up and down the country and helping out at key Labour In for Britain events. Polling day was a big operation, I was put in charge of Euston station in the morning as a key part of the campaign was visibility and ensuring Labour had presence. I stood outside Euston where young activists joined me in the morning putting stickers on voters and talking to them about the importance of their vote. During the day I made my way to South London to knock some doors where we received a good response. Eventually I was back at Euston for a final push, the mood was positive and voters were telling us they had been out to vote remain. It was a fantastic day and the effort shown from our young members was phenomenal, I’d like to personally thank all the young members, young trade unionists and Labour students that came out to encourage people to vote. Unfortunately, the vote was not positive and Britain sadly voted to leave the EU. Opportunities for young people and students will decrease and our cost of living will increase. We must now encourage the government to ensure we get the best deal for young people if we are to eventually leave the EU. If you have any questions or require my monthly report in a different format please get in touch at: [email protected] Thanks Jasmin NEC Youth Rep
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AuthorHere are my Monthly NEC Youth Rep reports and my full NEC meeting reports, starting from March 2016 I'll keep this updated so you know what's going on. Archives
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