By Geoffrey Sheridan and Paul Smith 'THOSE Labour Party and trade union leaders who have opposed Tony Benn standing deputy leader are promoting a particular kind o1 unity, says John Lansman, secretary of the Rank and File Mobilising Committee, which has welcomed Benn's decision to contest the "They want unity on their terms, which is not acceptable,' he explains.
'The for unity' CIV people who for the overthrow the Wembley conference decision on the make-up of the electoral college, he adds. Ovation There was a sustained ovation Greater London Regional Labour conference Tally Tony Banks This summing up point in on behalf of the regional Labour Party executive.
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the GLC directed his remarks at Michael Foot, Who resent on the platform.
Why, he asked the part leader, 'did you invite members to overthrow the Wembley decision within minutes of it being made?
That's breaking unity.
Delegates Ine conference evidently agreed.
Jon Lansman Considers that the Benn elecSocialist Challenge R&F Mobilising Committee secretary Jon tion campaign is an answer to a fundamental problem within the Labour Party.
'The democracy issue was in a sense a neutral one, he belleves.
Labour left could go along will lal.
Soft 'But the trouble with the right wing of the - the soft lett - that it is not support the kind of rank and file activity that the left is engaged in; the kind of activity which resulted in the Blackpool and Wembley victories.
"Tribunites like Eric Heffer and Robin Cook have in effect gone over to the other side in the new division within the Tribune Group. Denis Healey, friend of NATO, the IMF, and the bankers Lansman's view is that the Tribunite right is not primarily worried about its relationship with the trade union leadership, but with parliamentary democracy.
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'One problem is thai the union bureaucracy has the excuse that it hasn't developed any structure Lansman is confident that whether Benn wins or loses the election, the campaign will have positive etfects.
"The main reason for the Mobilising Committer