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Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

'Benn will be the nex

Socialist Challenge No. 214, 24 September 1981 · p. 12 of the scan · 465 words

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knees, then talk terms of unemployment?

No, I don't see that as a danger.

tion but that shift to the left in the Labour think, irreversible.

Benn may not win this time but will undoubtedly be leader of the Labour Party.

The Labour win the next election but it will only do so if it goes on in a very firm socialist progranime, hard opposition to what the government has done, support for the the few weeks before an election. It really needs to be done HOW surrounded by Conser- cabinet and The vanced by conflict Tories are going for Labour pieces or legislation. control or the unions and controls on the Labour councils, it's a very nice Party and run link that sense.

I'm glad could downfall of government during the winter.

way as there was with Heath, against a backdrop of a maior industrial struggle, that a snap DICSS Te election is called.

will be But wner brought down by the trade unions, he wds Labour make massive concessions.

Surely for the sort has to be created now with Labour with the unions to bring this now. government's life to an and.

that KEN dissipated defeats, Culs.

La Party is now, mean, future. Benn the next Party could It will be too late to do it in Even if Benn gets in, he's shadow parliamentary which is still going to be a Now all that could be ad major industrial autumn. The two key they're coming And that may mean actually the the Thatcher You might find, in the same Yes, that's the strategy Heath fell, forced to major the best conditions defeating this legislation. of Labour you describe LIVINGSTONE, Labour leader of the Greater London Council, has been in office now for four months — time these days British politics. His views on running local government, the rates issue, Ireland and gay the Labour group here spelled out in the document we put to the Regional Executive - we have campaign aimed at If you defeat this legislation you possibly defeat the govern. would ment as well. As we go through and major controversial points. negotiating left rights are now known. In in Livingstone year's Labour ference in Brighton. leader of the GiC on the 4 DOS LiOn I issued a statement that we struggie against the 4 per cent expect that representatives in the national committees will quite well this on the major issues under discussion at this Party confight against the 4 per cent limit.

You've said that we need a Labour Party based on ference policy. Tony Benn has also been confronted this question Ho doesn't agree conference policy on Ireland, nor do at least from

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