RETURN LABOUR | IMGpapers 1976

Uncorrected machine reading. This text was read by machine (Apple Vision OCR) from a scan of a newspaper page, and the page was cut into articles by machine, at the headlines found by their type size. Nothing has been corrected: expect misread words, text from a neighbouring article, and titles that are the machine reading of the headline, some of them only fragments. Quote from the scan, not from this page.
How this article was cut and titled: headline found by type size in the OCR geometry (split_tabloid.py); 1-1 of 1; machine-segmented newspaper page; uncorrected Vision OCR.

page 1 of the scan

Neave's death, Merlyn Rees said it would strengthen his determination to maintain "bi-partisan" approach to Ireland. On that basis, at least as far as Ireland goes, there Tory and Labour.

Many would extend such a judgement to other issues: unemployment, racism, inflaforeign policy Callaghan and Thatcher, much of a muchness.

The shop stewards at the Dunlop factory in Liverpoo threatened to call for abstention in the Edge Hill by-election unless Labour acted in defence of their jobs. Public sector workers disillusioned by Labour's pay policy talk of disaffiliating NUPE from the Labour Party. These are no solutions to betrayals.

To call for an abstention on Labour will only aid the party of big business - the Tories When workers cast their votes for the Labour Party, they are voting for a party of their class whatever its policies.

But the best conditions for defeating the Labour govern ment's reactionary policies for once and for all is when Labour in office. Then these bureaucrats who claim to represent working class interests - are judged by the policies they implement.

page 2 of the scan

Socialist Challenge, 328/9 Upper St, London N1. Editorial 01-359