The 'left! Tribunite MPs themselves, government 'cuts! legislation on its first reading in the House, and lined up behind either Foot or Benn.
resignation ot wilson representea, MPs answerable to no-one.
At the same time, candidates would have had to present themselves, at conference, policies to solve the problems facing millions of working people.
Real Issue ernment.
have intervened upon. It is, erolos.
the left' MPS.
Both the IMG and the I-CL, tor example ing radical trends within ine unions and abour rarty.
London, S.E. 19 despite their retusal to support ine ceciceo noi to cut through this sham by offering a clear alternative. Rather than put forward a candidate based upon a clear programme, they meekiy caved in in uns sense. a real opportunity to use the leadership election to pose the real issues before the labour movement. The in a very real way, a crisis of direction for the labour movement as a whole. What was desperately needed was not a 'sham election! within the upper reaches of the Parliamentary Labour Party but a thorough-going debate within the Party on the real problems facing the labour movement and the need for clear policies to solve them. Calling for an immediate recall of the Labour Party conference to decide these issues and elect a leader to carry inem our would nave mel a reai response among thousands of labour activists who quite clearly understand the undemocratic nature of the present election limited, as it is, to 315 leading a tight for such a conference would have enabled them to bring to the fore of the discussion the issue of programme since The fact that the Labour 'lefts' were unwilling to challenge the elections both for their undemocratic nature and the lack of policies discussed is an example of their unwillingness to lead a real tignt agains ine vvlison govIt was precisely those issues that socialists - eager to use the elections as a means of clarifying the way forward for the labour movement - should of course, ironical that many of the socialis! who have been noted in the past for their ultra-left position on the Labour Party, should have made exactly the same opportunist mistake as advocated a vote for Benn in the irst round of the ballot on the basis that he at least represented the grow Advocating support for Benn instead of leading a struggle for the right of the labour movement to elect its own leader was to give credence to the undemocratic sham inat was being conducted. It was to ignore the fact that Benn's policies are opposed to the interests of the mass of working people, in this country and to ignore the right socialists have long championed for the Parliamentary Labour Party to be suborainate to ine democralic will or Farly conterence.
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Stream-lined purpose. on health or on clear Pouring 'at Chrysler recently is, motor industry.
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to become increasingly vear. over 40, 000 men as health or education Cuts of £342 millions in the state Icies, sector will force nationalised industry CommerCIdy viable! both by implementing price increases and cuts in the workforce such as that recently proposed by the Steel Corporation which tried to axe, this Running down social services sucl will only add to the unemployment total by pushing previously 'protected' jobs | often used
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