RMT members are now voting for our Executive representative. The choice is beteen Olly New and Brian Munro.

When the two candidates went round the branches asking for nominations, Brian generally came across better, with more passion, more focus on rank-and-file workers, and more 'fighting talk'. Because of this, several branches nominated him, in a number of cases against the recommendation of their branch officers. Overall, though, a majority nominated Olly.

If we judged solely on the speeches at branch meetings, Tubeworker would probably vote for Brian. However, you also have to judge candidates on their record. Unfortunately, Brian's record suggests that he would not live up to his words if elected.

We believe that Olly is more principled and trustworthy. We don't agree with everything he does - for example, he supported calling off the recent pay dispute (but then again, Brian notably also did not argue for it to continue). So Tubeworker's vote has gone to Olly New. The comments box is, as ever, all yours.