Oh look, David Miliband’s got an article in the latest issue of Tribune expanding on – as the cover has it – “his vision for Labour”. Turns out a major part of that vision is “US style” primaries for selecting party candidates:
“The traditional political structures of mainstream political parties are dying and our biggest concern is the gap between our membership and our potential voter base…
…We need to expand our reach by building social alliances and increasing opportunity for engagement and interaction with our party…
…We say we want to listen to our voters, why not a system of registered voters as in the US to create the basis for primaries?”
As I wrote earlier this
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