Reg Race MP | IMGpapers 1980

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do you think significance of Bishop's ford?

Well, there's a great deal of nonsense been talked about Bishop's Stortford.

actually happened there that Tony Khich was an in which was paper, but which made absolutely n concessions to anybody.

He said that Tatchell had to be reinstated, that the witch-hunt has to end, that Party policy has to be supported and several other things too.

That really was made very clear by ported that me aer lew SEC ported bi other members.

Now, he did say to various people inal ne wasn t parnicularly keen lo stand for the deputy leadership 1982.

think your what happened at Bishop's Stortford really depends on whether you think that the Electoral College should be used in every conceivable cumstance, or whether you think that there might tactical sometimes for not using it.

I must say that I think that it Tony did stand for deputy or as leader there wouid be a verv substantial defeat for the left, ie. he would be defeated for either position in a tairiv heavv wav I don't think that would be helpful to the long term interests of the left or Socialist Challenge 21 January 1982 page 8 was the Do you Stortthat Tony was last year.

informal How would you see that?

the policy.

Now that because vou in question:

judgement about issues.

cir- Shadow Kabul policy our challenge to the leadership of the after Brighton the left has been thrown onto the defensive - if you think Benn would receive fewer votes this time round than Some argue from that point of view that Bishop's Stortford was a victory for the right over the left, and have argued that the left should take a very much lower profile over the next period.

I don't think that at all. What we will do over the next few weeks is ensure that a major campaign is mounted in movement in support party TOr is very important must ask yourself the who is going to support policy unemployment, on the bomb, on the Common Market and the rest of the major It can't be the right wing in the Cabinet because they don't agree with it, and it can't be some of PLP against because they may agree with the SDP have Therefore the only defenders Party policy must be the left, and the left must organise forcefully to ensure that the manifesto that we fight the next election on, which will be constructed in outline form this year, is a