cond time in two years. The organisational subcommittee of 10 February is proposing a working party 'widening the reselection of MPs. 'normal' NEC. On 26 February the NEC is only discussing Liverpool.
This is Kinnockese for OMOV one memoel, one vote. removes the rigne or reselechon trom CLP replaces it with a ballot individual members. Far widening the franchise, it deprives all the atfiliated members (including over nive minon trade unionists) of any say in reselecuun al all. Choice The intent is also to move towards postal ballots, not just to wider involvement of individual party members.
One of the main witchainst Liverpool complaints agDistrict Labour Party is that votes taken 111dividual members attending District members. can be assumed the NEC is not quite so procedure which has been the basis franchise' for the The motion goes to the next for disbanding a party and expelling Coullciliors.
By replacing delegate votes with individual above all postal Dalluls. ballots, replaces of LIC Ical ward, section CLP where candicates can be miervewca arguments heard and debated with largescale lobbying and votebuying. would gigantic step away from an activist, campaigning party towards an SDP-style, Access-card party.
Turnock, speaking for the NEC at the end of the said the NEC undertook not to raise the issue again because it had better things to do. • NOT BY raising issues wanted discussed, on these grounds. time the chair overruled the objec tion and the motion passed Neil Kinnock seconding political action 'The South African working he said concludig held back. The mass ac tions cannot be halted.
Tony Benn called for full support for the strug gle, including the military struggle. He stressed the need for internationalism in the class struggle in Britain. A collection raised over f200 for the ANC and SWAPU
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