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a Mafia-type American jamboree, declared last week, preoccupation: growling at the paign.
His notion of electioneering was in evidence (just) at the Transport Union's conference.
While there were fringe for Benn and ACCOULS Healey Silkin hung around the bar — a lonely figure for much time, since few delegates accented his invitation to be bought a drink.
Silkin endeavours to challenge the funding of the Benn campaign were taken the Sunday Telegraph on the weekend. Featuring Socialist Challenge's 'Benn for deputy' badge, newspaper sought to show that our profits on 15,000 badges could be as high as £3,000.
That would be good LISTEN for a moment to the words of John Silkin, candidate in the Labour Party deputy "Let us once and for all show that we are holding a democratic British election and not Silkin in pursuit of his main Benn camfor our business manager, but as our editor's comments quoted in the Sunday Times made clear the discounts fered on bulk purchases meant that We n would be happyat break even.
Talen more to say on such matters than about his own or much for she inspirays much for inspiring leadership he has to offer If anything he can less confident now about Benn receiving he TGWU's vote even o the first round (Silkin's main purpose in standing).
This unremarkable rightwing nobody could end up backing only the agricultural workers' union, a handful of constituencies, and 40 to 50 of his pallid chums in the the Parliamentary Labour Party.
Benn's real opponent Denis Healey, lurched into clast week by ducing his own list of supporters. The hundred names included trade union distinguished record of service to the labour movement.
There was Duffy and Boyd of the Engineering Union, supporters of in • policy, the bomb the Tories' postal system and much more besides. Gladden Tom Jackson Communication Workers added his name, which will doubt gladden the hearts of all those of his LUCIOCEN who have wondered what on earth has happened to their living standards his leadership Bill Sirs, overseer massive redundancies in steel, also featured.
Healey: keeping quiet about his policies These gentlemen cer tainly provide useful reminder of Healev's own record and intentions. a wo omner supporters nave also declared themselves Harold Wilson and James Callaghan. Fresh Their performance in office is too fresh in the memory working class to be worth commer ting on, although it is as well to note that both o these former Labour Party implacably hostile to the democratic changes which have been Labour renegade David Owen had his own Healey's campaign in a TV COLESU interview last week. He attacked Healey for running personality campaign against Benn, rather than stating plainly where he stands on the policy issues.
Since Healey's positions are in fact close to BOCa Democratic Party, Owen may be hoping that such Silkin: who? honesty could be a votewinner for the SDP given the left's squeeze on the Labour Party leadership If evidence were needed that more than perSonalues die stake the deputy leadership election, it could be seen at the Benn meeting at the TGWU conference 1ne main speaker wa. Dennis Skinner, who received a standing tion after he explained Benn's added for good measure how delegates should cas their votes on such matters as left members of the party executive whose seats are under threat It is a measure of how far the left has come that an MP felt able "interfere' in a union conference in this way.
Leaders of unions like ISTC and (shop-workers), both of which voted for unilateralism and withdrawal from the ComMarket, must be wondering quite where the Benn tide is going to take them.
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