Luke Akehurst
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Non-Profit |
| Occupation | Director, We Believe in Israel |
| Location | Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Labour Party activist since 1988 - firmly on the moderate wing of the party. Member of Labour’s NEC 2010-2012 and since 2020. National Secretary of Labour Students 1995-6. Parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001) and Castle Point (2005). Hackney Councillor (Chatham Ward) 2002-2014, Labour Group Chief Whip 2002-09, Chair of Health Scrutiny 2010-2014. Supporter of Europe, NATO/nuclear deterrence, Israel, electoral reform. Guardian reader. Dad. Oxford resident. Unite union member. Employment history as a Labour Party Organiser, Local Government Political Assistant, Director at a Public Affairs company. All views expressed in a personal capacity. The rest will become evident from reading the blog. |
| Interests | Labour Party Politics, Napoleonic Military History, Food, Wine, Italy |
| Favorite Movies | Dr Strangelove, Apocalypse Now, Gladiator, The Duellists, Brief Encounter |
| Favorite Music | Morrissey, The Smiths, The Killers, New Order, Motown, Prokofiev |
| Favorite Books | George Orwell, Primo Levi, George MacDonald Fraser, Julian Rathbone, Larry McMurty, Almanac of American Politics, Almanac of British Politics, Almanac of Australian Politics, anything about Napoleonic Military History |