In the last redrawing of district boundaries, all but one of the state's 53 districts were in effect secured for the incumbent.With their seats gerrymandered, elected politicians understandably align themselves more with the partisan views of activists (who have the power to propose another candidate for their seat) than with the moderate voters who actually elect them into office.
When Labour lost the 1979 general election, Benn was well placed to assume the leadership of the left, and began to propose constitutional changes to give greater representation to the views of activists and trade unionists in drafting the manifesto and in selecting MPs.
This is fraught with danger and could saddle Labour with unworkable, unpopular policies that represent the views of activist interest groups.
Feldman has said that he is consulting his lawyers over the publication of the comments, which he said do not "represent my view of our activists".
In an exchange with The Lede by direct message on Twitter, the blogger who writes as Science Pyramid explained that he takes a skeptical view of revolutionary activists like Ms. Ibrahim.
This is, at best, an imperfect view of online activists, many of whom disdain traditional interest groups and can't seem to agree on what to call themselves, let alone on any common agenda.
Clinton may not be a perfect candidate in the view of many activists within the Black Lives Matter's movement, but she's lightyears ahead and a far better choice than the Trump alternative.
With its ethnically mixed inner-city population, the Chelsea section of Manhattan, where the seminary is situated, was a suitable area in which to live and study, in view of the activist urban ministry that he was soon to pursue.
What's more, like the civil rights movement, it is also diverse, full of differing points of view, different kinds of activists and voices.
The involvement of the board, which represents the views of Tory activists, will dismay Downing Street after it spent the weekend rubbishing reports in the Times and Daily Telegraph about Feldman's alleged comments.
