Power in the Party

Taylor, Gerald R.

doi:10.1057/9780333983812_2

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The Changing Role Of the National Executive Committee1

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“…Its focus is now on party organisation and day‐to‐day activities. The composition of the NEC is broader as more elected representatives of the party are included (Taylor 1999, 17–20). Even so the NEC retains formal control over rule making and interpretation.…”

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British Devolution and the Labour Party: How a National Party Adapts to Devolution

Laffin

Shaw

2007

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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In 1999 the Labour government in the UK devolved significant powers to the newly created Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales. This article concludes that the British Labour party, as a national party, has not formally reorganised itself to reflect the new realities of devolution. Rather, the national ruling elite has continued to stress the importance of maintaining the valuable Labour brand to ensure the electability of the party at Westminster and retain the possibility of using party links to co-ordinate policy on devolved matters across Britain. Even so, the regional Labour elites in Scotland and Wales have acquired the freedom to make significant strategic choices in terms of policy and electoral strategy. However, these choices are ultimately constrained by tacit, intra-party understandings and ‘rules of the game’

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confidence: 99%