Party has taken another decisive step towards a final Star wings of the Party. voted at the weekend to expell 12 members of the Thase expelled include Ken Gill of Terry DA-I Marsland of the Tobacco Workers Union, Ken Brett of the AUEW and former Longbridge convenor, Derek Robinson. ine ex pulsions mean that all of the Morning. supporters on the managemten Commulece nave wow the In the ecutive has the London of Willesden, HornBethnal 3cyr Green, Limehouse. Poplar, London niture. are to be disso ved registered.
London conto held next March. Eurocomwith those considered 'politically clude the North-West Forum. has given for Morning Star People's manageTHE EXECUTIVE committee of the Communist break between the Eurocommunist and Morning The executive committee the nominees of the Communist executive. opposed to the line of the CXCCELYC CONCOC CELLCU against the principles of inques and his cothinkers is move made by the CPGB, opposed suppost for a labour openly right wing Labour LOVe ElEIL Labour, but a shift to both Loo are sace cherism still calls the main KOHOWS Ken Gill unlikely to enjoy the same degree initiative it did in 1983 and 1979. Alternatively a hung parliament looks a real possibility.
'A victory, while looking more possible than it did after the 1983 unlikely. Moreover, even if it did scrape into office, unless there is a dramatic the climate, will operate in political conditions which will profoundly constrain its radicalism. Thatcherism Sull li large measure set the terms of debate.
The executive also adopted position recognise that the Morning Star is 'no longer a Communist newspaper' deniaca lo launch a nev Communist Party weekly paper in October. Judging by Jacques' report the latter should be one oi the most right wing papers in the labour movement.
in a 61 per cent turn-out. Benn and Hatton THE GMBATU, Britain's second biggest union, has given a resounding blow to the Tories' attack on political funds. It was the sixth and biggest vietory so far in the ballots on this question. The result was 89 per cent in favour of retaining funds, The result confirms the trend already established in previous ballots in other unions. The lowest proportion of yes votes so far has been in the Furniture Timber and Allied Trades, which showed 72 per cent in favour. The result makes clear that the overwhelming majority of trade unionists see the need for their unions to be involved in political activities and campaigns. In view of the overwhelmballots.
The ballot resuits so far.
Yes GMBATU 448,426 UCW 102,546 SOGAT '82 91,760 ISTC 28,633 FTAT 11,410 NCU 77,183 tion of the links with the Labour Party can be conducted than has so far been the case in most of the No yes 54,657 33,337 25,947 4,404 4,269 17,757
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