ROBIN COOK is Labour Party dinator, and prominent in the LCC. His speech at a Socialist Society meeting on 2 February on 'The Next Labour Government' importance. It was the first time that a Labour Party leader, close to Kinnock, had openly proposed a change to the electoral system.
The first interesting aspect was that Cook explicitly attacked the 'softly-softly' approach taken by the party leadership over Westland. particularly attacked the new mar for rodener lo be replaced by Walker, Hurd or Biffen would be a setback because Thatcher was unpopular and would lose votes at the election.
Cook argued *the movement need a victory'.
And even the limited one or gelling I natcner s nicau would encourage Labour LAST THURSDAY, 6 February, despite Ene 4000 DIUW responded to call for (Greenwich CND) blockade of Molesworth missile site cessfully closing it for the day.
At the Cockbrook Lane gate, which building contractors normally use, musicians played ence Ser tune while protestors danced to keep Wall.
The Cambridgeshire police did not try to clear this nime sut before s this time. Just before •clock everyone stood up for three minutes in symbolic silence.
Clearly there is still large NATO's plans to install 64 Molesworth by 1988. CND must continue to oppose campaigns coorwas therefore of some support.
argued that LOOK Thatcherism is unpopular.
There popular jorities in support of the welfare state, against the against Duvasalio. and people believe that the Tories are a threat to civil liberties But nevertheless Thatcher represents change. become the party of the post-war consensus. It was simply defending the Molesworth blockaded status quo without putting forward, for example, positive alternative on the welfare state-based on accountability to those who Cook used this argue that it was 'oppositionist conservatism demand the restoration of the pre 1979 trade union laws or the industries privatised by Thatcher.
Cook stated that it was necessary for the party to respond to new trends. particularly singled out the ecology movement, castigated the limits of the front bench's vision Gerald Kaufman, uls. when asked 'What about the vote?' 1983 election had responded 'Fuck the green vote.
Cook argued for a full blooded Labour ecological
6 Socialist Action 14 February 1986 clearly ed with the possibility of personal surcharge, bankruptcy, and disqualification. To add to that, just as they were