IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Resign

Socialist Challenge No. 222, 18 November 1981 · pp. 9-10 of the scan · 291 words

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page 9 of the scan

Labour Party Conference in an emergency motion voted to which defy We must carry that decision into The movement has been bad- lotally dedam ed rate increase rs rate increases.

doing more than any other Minister (with the sole exTebbit and union legislation to hasten the fall of this governlegal Publicly think the unions should come out very publicly and say that Lord Denning's ruling unwarranter interference. They should state that they're in favour of lower fares and that they're prepared to take kind of action to maintain them It's a very difficult area to get into. There are many problems refusing to collect fares at all or refusing to collect Emphasis worthwhile emphasising we point that the capitalist will come crasting down and will no allow democratically elected Obviously there are different ways of doing this - - putting up the rates or The putting up ine rates opuon is ocle squeezed out by events as Challenge has been saying for a very long time.

My own feeling is that either resigning and calling a new election on this one single issue or moving into opposition whilst retaining a majority on the council would be the sort of areas which would have to be looked at. Others The other Labour councils up and down the country that we don't hear anything about which are also cutting fares. South Yorkshire and the West Midlands, in particular, must be drawn into the campaign People talk about not letting them get chopped off on their own like Lothian did This has got to be pu into action. It's got to b organised on a nationa basis.

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