ExCo needs to abandon the shield of "collective responsibility" which forces all members to publicly support a decision even if they argued and voted against it. Collective responsibility is not open and transparent. We need to know what arguments ExCo considered and how it voted. The published minutes and the published "ExCo report" should reflect this.
ExCo is about to reconsider its rules, so now is the opportunity to propose a change.
I can't see that the current rules benefit the ExCo members themselves - as it is if a member disagrees strongly with the majority they are required to stand behind and publicly support a policy that they and their electoral supporters disagree with. It would be better for their chances of re-election if they could speak out.
Lets hope the new rules support openness, transparency and democracy.
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