Action WHILE THE LABOUR leadership fighting determined battle to head off the advance of black sections within the party, activists in the constituencies are showing in practice their tions and the selection of black MPs, as an extension of the fight black activists have been waging for better representation local overnment based on close inks between Labour coun the black communities they represent. ticular concern to his Brent constituents. With a high proportion of Irish peopie, and the biggest black community London, that means 'the reunification of Ireland is a key issue', and that the difficult areas for Labour's leadership the ssue of women and blacks won't be forgotten.
He describes his 'overall parliamentary job' as mak. ing sure that those dimen. sions of policy that may not be obvious to the leadership or even to the whole of the Parliamentary Labour Party' taken up. "That ment alongside the campaigns that already exist within the community':
Like today's generation of black Party activists in London, Paul is much influenced by the alliance between Labour and black peo. ple that the GLC has fought to build. And influenced too by the impressive links forg ed with the NUM during the 12 month historic strike.
PAUL BOATENG discussed this with CAROL TURNER. SON