IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Overheard at Brighton

Socialist Challenge No. 216, 8 October 1981 · pp. 6-7 of the scan · 278 words

The scan: sc-no216.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 6 of the scan

*Peter Parker has just got a 25 per cent wage rise. That's the rate the are asking for. Inat snowa be the going rate this year. The police aren't part of the 4 per cent pay policy. Oh no, they want plenty of those in order to stop the hecklers...

Dennis Skinner, MP I want to tell Tony when and if you zet that job, I'll still be there because keep them on their toes, like we didn't Dennis Skinner, MP 'A year ago some trade union leaders wanted a three year rule on constitufional changes reintroduced. When they ost at Wembley, they wanted a change in 6 months.

Tony Benn, MP Not so long ago these same MPs were prepared to vote for Williams and Rodgers and Owen. MPs aren't absaining — they're voting for Healey.' Arthur Scargill, President Yorkshire NUM Socialist Challenge 8 October 1981 maintes better than the Tories.' Yorkshire NUM non-venieves i sociasm Yorkshire NUM ter.

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seats on the NEC Boyd and Grantham. Margaret Beckett. 'The Labour Party lost the last election because it tried to practise capitalism Arthur Scargill, President I believe the Labour Party should be a broad church but there's no room for Arthur Scargill, President 'We may think it's hot now but a future Labour government committed to socialist policies would be even hot'The right knew better. They stuck with Denis Healey, now we're stuck with Margaret Beckett, one of the five left wingers who lost their 'There is a lot of talk of a soft left. There is no left soft enough for Duffy,

page 7 of the scan

The 1979 revolution against the Shah was

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