'If myself and the Bermondsey Party are legitimate then Keir Hardy and George Lansbury would similar criterion. This attack represents a complete turning away trom the Labour Party as a force radical change society; complete capitulation mixed economy consensus, whose greatest advocates are the SDP.
London Labour Party special conference on how to defend local government. Socialist Challenge talked to TUCKER, a delegate from Vauxhall CLP.
This conference has committed the ondon Labour Party io a campaign againsi Heseltine. Il agreed to organise a selteo oj evers bullalng u London demonstration. organise a conference of local govern. meni traae umonisis lo co-orainale inıs campaign of action. good and making the party stick to its guns should be a major priority.
However. ference let local councils off the hook by passing an electricians' union amendment which ensured that action shoulo 'stay within the law' and removed the call or any tulure Labour cancel penalties imposed on counciliors.
As delegates were quick 1o point out this meant that the union leadersnips nad voted to let councils make thousands of their members redundant. What is more, conference couldn't agree strategy and rejected Vauxhall's proposal for a 'no rent or rate increase, no cuts position' in favour of 'no budget on Heseltine's terms. This Knighi, leader of Lambeth council, 'no cuts, no rate increases, but for others it meant making socialist cuts.
This ambiguity any campaign. We in Lambeth have seen
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