But in supporting the candidates of the Broad Left, militants should spell out clearly the sort of alternative they want the 'left' to fight for. That is not merely the only principled way in which the Broad Left can be supported, but also the only way in which votes will be won. On their present policies the Broad Left will suffer a defeat. The fight must go forward for a vote for the Broad Left, but part of that fight must be for a clear alternative to the rignt wing. I nat must include:
Opposition to any form of incomes policy - for a sliding scale of wages and social expenditure to compensate automatically for inflation;
Opening the books to prepare a workers' plan for pro Work-sharing with no loss of pay and the immediate introcuction of Ine so-nour week Nationalisation under workers control of all industries threatening redundancies.
Where revolutionary candidates are standing, such as Len Blood of the Engineers Charter for Assistant General Secretary, militants should vote for them in the first ballot. Although the anoineers charter is a sectarian iront orcanisation tor tne International socialists with no real base in the industry, a large vote for Len Blood would be a clear vote against the vacillations and compromises of the Broad Left and against the £6 limit. Where there are no revolutionary candidates we urge militants to vote for the Broad Left but to give no support or credloility to tner poicies Only when there is a clear break with the policies of the Labour Government and a Tignt tor a real socialist arternative will the base of the right wing be undermined for good. The present policies of the Broad Left cannot defeat the right wing. That is why it is necessary to fight for an alternative programme while supporting the Broad Left candidates against the right wing.