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Mobilising Committee. oild simply AT the meeting of the Labour executive normal week, the party's left wing at last By a slim majority the ex- cent to ecutive decided to place before vote. conference two recommendations ple that ile tender is elected by conference. on the NEC's constitutional amendment which would give effect to an electoral col be conference co form: The leadership election would take place as part of the conference but votes would be proportioned differently ou ver cento me unions. per cello l Parliamentary Labour Party, and 25 per Labour • parties Every MP and every CLP would have a Despite the positive stand taken by the executive the matter is by no means cut Party conference, which begins at the end of September, attempts will be made to lams tied to getite issue shithe Williams tried to get issue of referred even more dangerously Judith Hart MP id that she inter move an alternative proposal at the executive meeting the just before conference The substance of this alternative, also •backed bv Frank Allaun MP. who chaired the last conference, is that the party ex ecutive should put up at least two differen agreed, and one in which the PLP, the unions and the CLPs would each have a Lu or le vote There are two objections to such a suggestion: the second method would more power to the bastion of reaction in natives to the vote could split the votes of those who Party. and allow the status quo to be main.
Whatever is eventually put to the concampaign for dill the Union to back the give want to democratise the Labour ecutive control of leader by conference. ference, the trade union block votes will b decisive for the outcome, and the score o this front looks none too hopeful. But thi did receive a boost last week with the • decision of the and general purposes committe • Transport and General Worker '50-50' system Rank and file activists in the Labour Party and trade unions will need to ensure that their leaderships don't backtrack on such decisions. And, in the case of certain mounted to the left have had since last conference: exmanifesto,. man.
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