Age for the Ladywood by-election started with n bang last Monday whee it was discovered that Peter Marriner, acting chairperson and election agent of the Ladywood Constituency Laboar Party was well 1976 a meenber of a virulent Nazi organsation in this country HEREAD NONETHE As the Socialist Linity candidule for Ladywood, Raglib Alsan, a shop-steward at Rover Solibull, declared: "It & a murky and sordid tale. We need a thorough labour movement engulry into this whole affair. I will certalaly be raising it la my election campaign.
It was Socialist Challen reporters who first Investigated the story and made it aradable to Socialist Linley, who released it macis or reaies direct for a tea Buried merely infiltrating the Fuscists for reasons of Ladmer, editor of the anti-fracist Journal Searchlight sald he had enough evideace to suggest that Marrier wa afiltrator', Marriner could not explain astisfactorily to us why b had Joleed a left-wing group, "Workers Elcht, in 1975, but Sen Matgamna, a leader of the group at that time sald: "We strougl suspect be was doing entry work for the fascists.?
In 1976 he was publicly ackoomledged as a Leader of the National Youth Movement", by the BM's organ British Patriot. He was also associated with Column 88.
Marriner holds high positions in the Labour Party Ladymond. There Is a large black commonity in the ares. He recendy said; "We beliese our policies would help anyone - be they bluck, brown, or white.' The question is which policles, Mr Marriner? Socialist Uniry candidate, Raghib Alsan, will b repeating this question every day waless we get un answer.
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