Thinking of travelling by tube? Current fare Min/Max new fares .40/.60 40/.70 .60/1.00 .80/1.20 .80/1.60 1.00/1.80 1.20/2 .00 .50/2.40 1.80/2.60 2.00/2.80 2.20/3 .00 2.40/3.20 2.80/3.20 That's simple: all fares will double on 21 Calendar from 2pm the endorsement Peter Tatchell.
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pressure, Sex Discrimination Act women tually passed on the party militancy.
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fight By Tessa van Gelderen in defence of their jobs,' said GLC leader Ken Livingstone denouncing the lies of the Standard at the London Labour Party annual meeting last weekend.
It was a conference where the left quietly consolidated its position in most instances Attempts by the electricians' union to elect the party leader by individual ballot were laugh. The endorseme to warme not o Bermondsev candidate National executive member, Judith Hart, did not endear herself to conference when she call. ed the Tatchell affair a hiccup which could be Women's issues had a surprisingly high pro file throughout the conference: representation of women in the party, the inadequacies of the abortion and violence were ail debated. Most con troversial was the proposal which was even 'mandatory inclusion of on all parliamentary shortlists'. There were more women delegates and speakers, and fewer unchallenged, sexist remarks But as usual at Labour Party conferences when the stakes are high the block vote of some of the trade unions acts as a dead hand on So what could have been the most impor transport was woolly and next-to-useless. exciting debate on ine issue National Union of Railwaymen had ensured that no meaningful attempts to direct labour movement action to defeat the Law Lords deci But a debate on how to defeat Heseltine opened up the discussion on the lead Labour councils should give in defeating Tory policies resolution that was moved containine many important pro was opposed by Socialist Challenge supporters because it stated that Labour coun cillors were not expected to 'embark on any course of action which is clearly contrary to law. Despite the executive's recommendation to support it, many hands were raised against.
It was around the burning issues facing the working class that the conference in the main attention. Although the Staffa dispute is now over, a resolution to stop the loss of jobs from London was passed.
But as Frank Gorton from Hackney North pointed out words are not enough. 'Staffa failed central question for the labou movement in London. If the workers had won, he said, "it would have changed the relationship But as with all such conferences the key thing is not so much what is passed, but how in London will carry out the Thatche cana the continuing witch-hunt inside the party.
B'ham LP Public Meeting Wednesday 24 March Digbeth Civic Hall Stop the witch-hunt For a Labour victory Speakers Albert Bore, prospective MP for Ladvwood Tariq Ali, Peter Tatchell and PWA representative
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1 GIVE total support to any industrial ac- tion London Transport workers may take