STITUENCY Party is fighting for the Labour left's political life. At the local elections 23,240 people voted Labour in Bristol East, 22,961 voted Tory 12,290 voted Liberal.
the dirty tricks have already started. Within hours of the election being announced, Bristol East voters were getting anonymous phone calls — wnien later turnco out to be from the Sun asking inen, opinious on Tony • Benn.
voters were asked do you know Tony Benn backs unilateral disarmament?' 'would you prefer to vote Peter Shore were standing?'.
We sure disproportionate of £20 million election spending will into stopping Tony Benn gelting back in the Com mons.
Bristol East But the whole labour movement is fighting back. We've just been set up but we've been flooded with offers of help The South Wales miners and the Steel union are sending flying teams over. The Bristol General Workers have donated their Bristol office as headquarters and seconded fulltimers to the campaign, as have the National Union of Public Employees We are pulling no punaesung Socialist and We've agreed Iu woman speaker on platform. Nuclear disarmament will be up front. We'll be out in force when . the People s March come to Bristol on 28 May and Tony will be in London to welcome marchers when they get there.
But the rest of the time he will be fighting Bristol. We aim to find out the shift changes and mea breaks at every factory and visit them all, any time of the day or night necessary.
The labour movement is solidly Tony Benn the media solidly against him. We need your help now!