the newiv democratis. ed Labour Party, four mempers memoer announced their intention of leaving aStr TaSt week These were the MPs Tom Ellis, Richard Craw. shaw, lan Wrigglesand Tom Bradley.
The four are hardlv household Witte bradlev holding any important position within the labour movement, being member of La•ours nauonal executive.
Crawshaw is a barrister, and was described recently in the Financial Times as eccentric, identified witn nIs distance walking feats than any OT Tne big issues currently facing the party. Jenkins Ellis is a former colliery and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rodaers, while Wrigglesworth did the Samne job for kOy Jenkins.
'WHAT the whole experience of the National Enterprise Board and planning agreements has confirmed for me is that you cannot plan what you do not control and you cannot control what you do not plan.' This is what a bitter delegate from Liverpool Trades Council testified to a worker's inquiry into the last Labour government's industrial policy.
inquiry, organised Liverpool, Newcastle and North book and those who took part are organising a conterence tnis weekena in coventry.
Talbot Linwood workers are presently being reminded of the lessons the inquiry has.
drawn.
They occupied and demanded nationalisathreatened closure. But the latour gunersthreatened closure.
ment persuaded the workers to opt for a planning agreement while it forked bail out Chrysler.
Failure Chrysler repaid by selling out to Peugeot, which is now closing the plant.
Yet the authors of strategy who include Tony Holland, have leapt to its defence. The say the industrial strategy failed only because it did not base itself enough on shop floor power place their emphasis.
This is an attractive view for many rank Socialist Challenge 26 February 1981 This grouping was launched on February at a meeting chaired by Roy Over 100 MPs were reported to have attended, including deputy leader Denis Healey. According newspaper reports, Michael Foot, wale not turning up to the meeting, gave blessing.
Labour Solidarity is the coming together riaht and the centre in the PLP. purpose, said Hattersley, was 'a means working unity and recovering ground lost to the left' Labour Solidarity is a last-anton attempt Dy those in the parlamentary DOTL who are politically close to the Gang of Four to persuade Williams, Rodgers and Coodly Not to cult To leave the party said the ment issued after meeting, 'is both defeatist and divisive By putting himself at the head of Labour bv Coventry, has been published as a previous owners, out f37m to Labour's industrial benn and sular betrayal the inquiry's authors also LabouT Party: trIC suspicion is that Hattersley does not know the meaning word 'loyalty.
Democracy Certainly his old buddy. nov Jenkins, would confirm much. did most to advance Hatdebate in the Labour Party that Hattersley was criticised by many Roy Hattersley, architect of Labour Solidarity colleagues on the right for refusing fight Indeed tersley kept remarkquiet about the whole business. lne last vedi It is the left-wing policies adopted by the Labour conference explain that lnal growth: a return to the domination of Labour by the right of the parwould OnlY danger it.