Successtul Joint alaction rally with IMG candidale John Graham and ASL candidaie Raghib Ahsan more will come, HETTE attitude to the elections. Its overriding concere in contesting eleceam achiere. Assessing that lew menams would bc lonncoming from local elections, it dida"i In one of the lew pablic statements aboet its attitade to local the SWP issued leaflet in Birmingham where the call for a Labour vote was made. Their slogan was Vote Labour o keep ouf the Nazis and th Tories". In every areu where th IMG stood, SWP members Eriled lo cast their voles for the Socialists today must be firm their support for the return boor Councils and a Lab tank today is the need to bulld :
INS TTL argued this point in the purliaBut their refusal to participate in the local elections or even to call for a vote for revolutionury candidates in the local electiene war. has made the light for sach am Juls. 200 100g 8re al8o 0n lhe Д0h 0 t8r80n8 800 -80188 view of the utter inactivity of the The Council elections held in 54 counties in England and Wales last Thursday, and those in 18 Scottish counties two daya sarlier, assumed a character of national politica importance. In contrast to previous county elections, the polls were high. The 15 million votere - a 43 per cent poll - was the largest tumout in County elections since the Labour proved utterly unable to hold on to more than a mere 4 countles in England and Wales, and the same number in Scotiand. Its crushing defest at County Concil level s g claar reaction oi ine antraong CiRs5 messures pursued by the Government.
It is also a rejectión of Labour Concils who have failed to mount any Bounclars were instructed to refrain from mentioning the cuts. despite Labour Conference decisiona to the contrary This stance has been matched by the Inactivity of the 'left leaders in the trade union movement.
SAVAGECOURSE The election results are not a comment on the Lib-Lab by the Labour Goverment and its supporters at avery level of the labour moverent long before the Liberals entered the scene. There can be no clearer sign that the policies of the Government and those who support them are bringing back the Torles.
The responsibliity for the inroads made by the fascist National Front lies at Labour's doorstep. In London, the NF vote went up 15 per cent. It topped its projected poll of 100,000 votes by 20 per cent. In 32 seats it emerged as a Intro Dany, ine asciis wote te couy puene apg dress rehearsal for the general election. Labour "leaders' talled the tost miserably An important factor where it occured London fascists who refused to wait for Labour 'leaders and mounted vigorous campaigns of their own.
In Scotland, the Scottish National goal of emerging as a credible alternative In time for the general election. It gained 98 seats, in comparison to the 121 lost by Labour and the 35 gained by the Tories. Il most spectacular gains were in working class area ANTI-EVOLUTIONISTS Labour's anti-devolutionists hoped to defeat the SNF witn simple minded anti-naonalem. advance and unite the working class. nationalist retoric is needed. A socialist opposition throughout Britain political demanda for self-determination which are the concern of young SNP workers, as well as demonstrating the practical values of unity between English and Scots workers. Labour has been incapable of responding to this sentiment and has left the door open to the divisive significant challenge to these nationa Hull la a case in point where prospective They reflect the persistent savage course followed in the reduction of the NF vote • In Leicester, Bradford and parts of Independent activity of Party achieved it:
But to halt its more than antimust show that it will respect the made by the Tories will take its toll on the on local and County The demonstrations against the cuta in at the hesper, more competitive prices One important factor in developing Buch an organised
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