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Socialist form PO Box 50, London N1 The black communiborough believes that the police and media are covering up a racist alaCk Evidence points to this as being the HuLIve for tirebombing.
Fire The driver of a car seen in the area • at tne Not the fire was the fire. The 25 ponar black, but reported meeting dismissed 1OUILO that there had been a fight during the party that gatecrashers had returned with a fire bomb.
Suspicion has centred on a white woman who entered the house look ing for a purse and left soon after When LOUS was reported to the police they claimed tha the woman was vagrant, although ther now appear to be investigating. fire-bombing attacks on black homes de beduus Dyzales O skinheads. Black youths sav that cars are driven al them as they walk along the pavement.
Gang young woman told me that on the night the fire she, her orolnel, and friends were threatened by a gang of white youth just up the road from the house where the party was held.
The nouse. which was totally destroyed by the fire WiCu swept through it in minutes, is within sight of the route National Front march in 1977. addresses of the victims the Deptford fire, Inet families received racist hate-letters.
The local black community has little confidence police, coachloads of whom weic rouen loror lne 25 January meeting. The emphasis at the meetings has been on black selfdetence and the best way of organising it.
day of mourning for the victims is planned. and discussion is tak. ing place on the need for other action. Question But I was flummoxed by the question: In view of the fact that the next Labour leader will be elected by 40 per cent UHIOT voes. should these votes be cast by trade union leaders or by a ballot of trade union members?
I tried to explain that 1 tavoured trade branches formulating the choice, but was told that this was not an 'acceptable' option In the end I plumped for à ballot, but I've had sleepless nights ever since. Pollster My pollster told me that I was the last male elector she needed make up nei 'representative sample'. This was a great pity since by this time several my friends had arrived and were preparing to give similar answers to mine Since this week's Sunday Times poll found that Bill Rodgers would lose his seat if he did not didate my friends weren't needed.
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