deportation for illegal entry.
There is nothing terribly exceptional in that, "law and order' AFTER A GOOD start to the sprig fund drive, the flow of money has begun to dry up Over the past seven days only E85.25 has come in. This brings Tories to see how state racism operates. A forty strong picket at Durham jail last Saturday drew attention to the case of Rupa All, an immigrant from Bangladesh who has been held in custody for over a month facing but what does make Rupa's case rather different is the fact that he has been held twice before by police and each time be has been told he has the right to stay in Britain.
One explanation for this treatment might be found in the attitudes of the Northumberland police, who last month invited Nazi leader Martin Webster to speak on The police put Webster up at a five star hotel, in marked contrast to their treatment of Rupa Ali. The latter's laywers are currently applying for a writ of habeas corpus. There will be a rally against racism and fascism at Newcastle City Hall on Saturday 21 dilemma. Most of their clothes have been stolen by Callaghan and the Labour covernment. The defeat Inflicted on the Fire Brigades Union and successes scored by the right wing in the National Linion of Minewarkers on the 'incretive schemes have further strengthened Callaghan's standing in little doubt that an attempt by the Tories to do what Labour has accomplished would hase anised an explosion on bott Fronts. Callaghan has indeed Baldwin able even to BULOWI eyes British capitalists.
RACIST CARD
So what should Mrs Thatcher do! Should she Prioritise Josephise? Her choice on this front is not unrelated to the question of racism. For if the Tories Bourge 1o rE increase unemplosment, imple ment more cutbacks expenditure, there could well be SUCHE ideolagical cover which plays on the weaknesser of the labour movement could therefore Why not then play the ricis card? It might not come E trumps but it could aid in further dividing the working weaty ed to lame a major However for that the Tories Future issuçs: OE DOCUSI Challenge "like the Tallin lower, our fund drive logo might not get off the drawing STARTE present state and the overall political situation in the country precludes this possi bility. In the first instance the the Heath/Walker wing of the party would he extremel hostile to such a move. Peter Walker has been, speeches, stressing the necessity to make more funds available to deal with urban boutung in the black ghettoes. An overtly racist campaign would sharpen the existing divisions within the Ta be secondly a racis campaign as this stage in British fascist organisations more than the Tory Party, So while there must be strong temptations to play the cacist card Speed's proposnis are a reflec tion of this - the Tory Part will be content merely warning Labour that they have this card in reserve.
IMMIGRATION
The Tory proposals in themselves are not new. They have been discussed numerous civil servants in the Home Office for the paar five years. They seek to pur more тасів! measures on the statute book by restricting the right of back dependents and Fas African holders of British passports to enter Britain, I The Tories wage a campaign on this it must be fought and D. Smith J. Kolodziejski M.B.
Nottingham supp by political broadcast will be seen As an exercise in pure cynica unless Labour MPs light publicly and openly against the racist immigration control which their own party has pur on the statute book