Contributors in minimised; most powers.of conright-wing Dennis DEFEND HE NEG 2 Lounched peant The mobilising committee college, other hand, is simply conference in a different form. The leadership election would take place as part of normal conference procedures, the votes would be counted differently. the votes would go to the industrial wing of the movement - the trade unions — and the other half to the political wing, through MPs or candidates and constituency parties.
All constituencies, all trade unions and all MPs or candidates would have a vote.
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Offers to help to London NW1I (01-458 1501). opposed the However, it now appears that the majority are divided among Duffy says he will cast the votes against it, and Callaghan/Foot probably only supported it on the assumption that it would fall at conference and leave the status quo — which it almost certainly would if it was actually put to conThe disarray of the right is so severe that be a majority report, strengthen the left mobilising committee. The majority proposal on the control of the manifesto is therefore perhaps even more of a threat to the rank and If their proposed electoral college had control, that would be considerably worse than the present system, since, with half the college, the parliamentary party would be in absolute control. Whatever the composition of the college to give it any powers other than the election of the leaders would be to subvert the supremacy Whatever happens at conference this year the struggle will continue; but there is an opportunity this year to make fundamental changes in the nature of the Labour Party. So no opportunity should be lost to put pressure on the Labour Party NEC, trade union executives and John Lansman is the secretary of the Rank and organise rallies, to distribute our broadsheet 'Mobilise for Labour Democracy', to Jon Lansman at 10 Park Drive,
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