The intention of the Liverpool Lambeth "show trials : to warn others OTT judges took pains to distinguish Liverpool and Lambeth who 'refused' to set a rate everyone ense 'deferred' setting a rate.
already split on whether to proceed further.
As usual, politics will previously.
That NEC accepted the recommendations of the majority report of the enquiry into Liverpool: to shut down the district parLy begin expulsion proceedings against up to 16 Liverpool Labour Parts members. Those include six of the Liverpool city councillors who are now surcharged and debarred from office.
if wasn't already clear to une Tories, that decision gave the green light on Liverpool and Lambeth councillors. Strict HAVING discussed the issue of the surcharged and disqualified councillors in Lambeth and Liverpool at its meeting last Wednesday, the Campaign Group of Labour MPs decided to lend its full support to those councillors in their campaign. "Their only crime,' said Campaign Alan Meale, indeed it was such, was to Call y out Labour Party py disgraceful that onedisgraceful that once again Tory-appointed judges should totally negate the democratic pro cesses by wilfully findin the interests of working people 'We call on the whole of the labour and trade movement to whatever is necessary to aid the plight of democratical elected councillors and to fight to see an end te their surcharge disqualifications.' of Thatcherism because they have foughi for their local people, peo. Pley deserve our full sup who elected them. port. There is no reason why such help cannot be given by a future Labour and a commitment to do that should be made now. Defend 'First we have seen laws adams trade unions defending the interests of their members Now we see those same laws used against Labour councillors defending the interests of local people.
The NEC must be flooded with resolutions in support of Liverpool and Lambeth councillors demanding that the leadership im plements policy. ... and now: the Labour leaders expel them while the