party activists in the longstanding members, tersley, who is a strong supporter of all Labour's racist anti-immigration laws said I am totally and irrevocably opp posed to the creation of black sections.
divide have spent 21 years in this constituency arguing that we are one people and wi hould not be divided.
At a later meeting he said that in Labour's ranks there were those who were that needed He called for the 'boil to be lanced' And the EC of the constituency responded by the move to expel the two leading supporters of the black section movement.
Hattersley supporters in Khan's ward tried to undermine the support for black sections by moving a esolution opposing ther nev were ucical Scally's 'crime' is that he took part in a Channel Four programme called The Bandung File which that had been made to enroll a large number of voters bogus party members. The Times described the programme as a 'sound expose of political corrup tion'.
It showed that towards the end of 1983 the local received a large block of membership ...scares.racists applications. Shalt on investigation of these behalf of people who didn't understand what paid the su scription orr meant, who lived at non-existen addresses.
The programme made a strong case that Asiar voters in Birmingham Sparkbrook are being exploited as righ wing voting fodder The programme produced interviews with a number of local speak English, some unable to speak wno claimea to nave beel signed winout their knowledge more less Scally was branch secretary at the time and LABOUR PARTY Black Sections exist, all that is being demanded now is that they get official recognition. But one of the main reasons why they are not getting official recognition is because they break up the paternalistic relationship between a large number of right-wing, white, Labour MPs, and the black communities which have consistentl voted them into parliament.
returns Roy Hattersley as MP, is a striking case in point. The large Asian population votes Labour in its majority, and means Sparkbrook is a very sate seat for the party's deputy leader. But when a local black councillor, Amir Khan, moved to establish a black section in the constituency the result has been attempted expulsion.
he thinks that if Asian people were really organised politically in the Labour Party they background to the Sparkbrook expulsions. mainly responsible for unearthing these malpractices. However when he took right whac they didnt want to dominated constituenScally wasn't surprised since the obvious aim of the malpractice vas to protect Hattersl against any threats to hi position. He tried and fail ed to have the matters investigated internally.
His appearance on The Bandung File with Amir Khan giving the facts of the situation has so enraged the leadership of the constituency that they are taking this drastic step expulsion The final deciSUl week. If expelled they in- beins taken this Birmingham Sparkbrook constituency, which What is Hattersley so worried about? Perhaps tend to appeal to the na tional executive campaign for their resinstatement "the black seo- be tion national committee • Labour Commit. tee on Ireland have already taken the issue. Kevir Scally is on the nationa council of the LCI . There bo growing support for the Sparkbrook Pakistani and Irish communities.
• Copies of any •motions passed should be sent to the the Black Section National the committee Campaign for Labour Party 10 Park Drive, London NWI •CORMAC Perhaps the British Labour Part is looking for a nen leader…..
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