'Make politics accessible to all with online meetings' - Alice Perry

Alice Perry, a local government rep on the LP NEC (acronym cracker), who lives locally, has written on Labour List pointing out how covid 19 has meant many people are now meeting online, and how we as a party should make sure this should continue for LP meetings once the pandemic has subsided and things return to 'normal' - possibly a rather new normal.

Nothing how sometimes physical party meetings can be at inconvenient times or difficult locations, and in confusing formats many people may be discouraged from joining in. As she says: "For a long time we’ve talked about using technology to make meetings more accessible. In the last few months we’ve all become adept at video calling and online meetings. The NEC will shortly be giving local parties guidance on how branch and Constituency Labour Party meetings can restart online. ... it is important ... we keep provisions for online meeting attendance and make local democracy more accessible to everyone. "

Read the full article here.

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