to resign his Bermondsey seat.
his hostility to the Labour Party when he supported 'independent' Labour in the May 1982 borough elections.
But Foot in his hostility to the left had been quite willing in fact quite eager, to make an alliance with Mellish despite his very dubious socialist The ex Bermondsey MP had in ne pasi been deputy chairperson of the Angio-Spanish group, whose aim was to rive a orand of fascism -clear s to Franco's was an excellent ally against the brand of socialism put forward by Peter Tatchell.
Ever since the Bermondsey saga began, Foot has given an excellent impression of someone who wanta to osc Ene seat ot Labour. Under Tory proYOCUUOL BC HRO publicly denounced Tatchell in the House of Commons.
Tory press grabbed this gift and went to .town democratically selected Labour candidate.
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Organised by City Anti Apartheid Group ALAN FREEMAN Registerad as a newspaper with the Post Office rupuanv oo caromai entororinan PO Rox HLondon Mi Pruteo by cast and Chisot ITul Lid London Fi A 'SURPRISED' and 'vexed' Michael Foot has been put on the spot by Bob Mellish's decision Why Foot should be surprised is beyond comprehension. After all Mellish had shown candidates against This was a gift for the SDP/Liberal Alliance and another possible candidate Bermondsey's ex-Labour boss John O'Grady, who with his right wing cohorts had the borough Southwark like a British version of Tammany Hall.
The behaviour of Foot and the right, and their sordid alliance Mellish, acts against the interests of Labour in the oye-election. This is why no concessions must be made to the night wing.
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ERA that right to the media and the Healey/Golding wing of the NÉC. That is the best way to lose elections.
This is why no other left candidate Militant or elsewhiere, should oppose in Bermondsey at the new selection COICTCTC Right from the beginning forces of the left must unite, and that means uniting behind Peter Tatchell, anything else would create disunity.
If Peter Tatchell is again chosen as BermondSey'S candidate the election will be a real test case for the left. The press and the television will throw everything they have into a campaign vilification and slander against Tatchell. Iney Foots' eift and do their very best to make sure the once impregnable Labour seat of Bermondsey is lost.
The Labour Party rank and file, particularly its lett wing cannot permit that to nabnen. Every London Labour Party must CILONCE this challenge.
The full forces of the London labour movement must be SCHE Bermondsey to support Tatchell, so that a resounding victory can be gained for Labour and its conference policies.
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