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HILLHEAD ELECTION Excuse for a

Socialist Challenge No. 240, 1 April 1982 · p. 16 of the scan · 507 words

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By Tessa van Gelderen 'WE HAVE allowed the public to get the impression that sectarian tremists like the Militant tendency are typical of the Labour leadership' Healey's verdict of the Hillhead by-election. revolutionary exThis was Denis Its not a verdici agreed by many activists in the abour movement. he problem has been that it is the Denis Healeys who are *typical of the Labour and the work. ing class has been through experience once too Inal often.

Michael Foot tries to patch up the Bishop's Stortford as couch, Hilhead election. aftermath the Unfortunately for the leader of the Labour Party, Healey and Roy Hattersley and Peter Shore, have gone too assertions. that The els LO blame for Labour's defeat couldn't he further from the truth The party leadership and leaders had the campaign and candidate that wanted in Hillhead.

Issues On a mass David Wiseman, took his onstance ITOI lett ed Milltant 101C could Healey and Co want? Ye according to Healey, the Labour Party is 'naving for the damage the last theo easing e years damage will continue as people like Pat Wall and. Tarig Ali are misrepresent our movement.' Now Foot has been forced to call a halt to these blatant saboteurs. It is Healey, Hattersley and Shore who are misrepresenting move ment. It is Healey, Hattersley and Shore who are prepared to let Labour lose the next general election rather than fight on a manifesto committed scrapping Cruise and Trident, withdrawing Britain the EEC and massively reducing unemployment without an incomes policy.

And these wrecker. 1s backed up hi the wing of fl! leadership Bad Taste coalition with this smug-faced toady.

Chapples. John Bordsand Terri Duttis thi world. Chapple has heen trving to hold a gun to thi Labour Party's head by withholdo 19| attalia tion fees at a time when the Party's hand are it! 1 all time lou He want Willem and Tariq Ali and Pend chell 1 & ; l !

Vow othemator doors.

FACE OF BRITAIN'')

Even Healey and Chapple would think twice about forming a disrupters inside the Party.

National Commince honk! * Call off the inquiry in to Militant and endorse Pat Wall's candidature * Endorse the right of constituencies without interference trom the Partv leader ship there should be ANY DAY NOW WE WILL EVER - 50 no further blocking uf Tariq Ali's membership * Endorse the choice of consti tuency to choose une! candidate, Pete:

Tatchell.

This de toss mas he the her date l'i conferene beto.they dection the barly and un has though horns DUCT THAT POLICY GRADUALLY • SLOWs> POVERTY, DISEASE, AND CLASS HATRED!

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