tion.' He tried to reassure the delegates at the Hiccule who represented a whole range of organisations and Broad Lefts in the party and the trade unions, 'no assurances sought or given on any acBishon's ford not even on Tatcnell and lne Millant But despite Tony Renn's reassurances meeting divided whether there was a truce inside the party. 'THE TASK of the Labour left now is to work flat out for a Labour victory at Hillhead, for Labour gains in the local elections in the spring and for a Labour victory in the general elecTony Benn, speaking at Labour Liaison '82, tried to set the tone for the meeting. He was hoping that the meeting was 'not going to waste time on the deputy leadership question.' Reg Race, who describhimselt 'PLP lunatic fringe' firmly that the first condition for unity in the party that was that the right stops its Peter Tatchell and doesn't fudge party policy If not, all bets are off as far as the leadership and deputy leadership are conthe cerned. on This theme was to be repeated throughout discussion particularly from the present who were concerned that the fight should continue.
As Colin representing the Left of the Post Office plained: 'Those of the unions can't keep our heads down. Our jobs and our wages are on ine line we can't have a truce.' stated SDP He argued that we had to have a Labour government but pointed out that those workers who voted Tory at the last election would switch votes to the SDP. Why? Because the trade union leaders were the with the bosses and unless the campaign continued ic
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