IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

Duffy - snuggling up to theTories

· Socialist Challenge No. 123, 29 November 1979 · p. 3 of the scan · 232 words

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- no surprise that he's the media's darling cinderne right.

'going fairly redundancies membership Duffy's Frank Chapple, Boot members Socialist Challenge TERRY Duffy. a Reman Carto from the back constry, reacted in, Robinson's sacking. "ll books fashion Derc dark for Leyland. I am disappo that we have this disruption at a when everything was begin This disruption' is one of his em members being sacked for darin speak out against managcrest.

right fee happy offer proposed by Edwardes.

about whether or not to defead li Sir John Boyd, general secretary of the AUEW, was advising him not to rush into a hasty decision!

reputation as right winger is notorious. He settled for a useless offer from the employers i the recent engineering dispute wher he could have got far more.

He tried, unsuccessfaily, to merg his union with the EEPTU led b another right-miy trade union leader.

The vote to elect the leader of the Labour Party by the conference was lost due to Duffy's presence of mind - despite strong feelings among his about Labour Party democracy. He wants to snuggle up te the Tories. It's not surprising he's the darling of the press.

Thankfully Duffy comes up for election next year. Let's hope membership see sense and give him the boot this time.

29 November 1979 page 3

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