Linking candidate comwith Kingsley alliance of struggle; an alliance for Defence Campaign Broadwater farma, the printTHE NORTH WEST regional Labour Party was dominated by the issue of the Liverpool enquiry. An emergency resolution from Liverpool Garstang for the lifting of the suspensions of the District Labour Party was heavily defeated by the trade union block vote. The drift to the right, particularly in the unions throughout this year's conference, was strongly influenced by the breakup of the left in the Liverpooldominated unions.
In previous years supporters of the newspaper have been the Only Conceil alculative to the right wing majority in the North West Region.
Mersey But a new alignment of forces CamGroup, Women's Action Committee (LWAC) and the Campaign (CLPD), emerged at this year's con ference with resolutions on tion, on the non-registration of the UDM, and on South Africa. The Campaign Group/CLPD joint fringe meeting; with THE SOUTH West Labour Party regional conference was marked by a stark contrast. Most of the debates were stage managed and sterile. But militant delegates managed to take many struggles into conference.
The majority of the split regional executive suffered a setback over the financial burden they tried to heap on the women's organisations the executive was attempting to drastically increase the af‚tilation fees tor women: organisations. Swindon SOGAT delegates, with help from supporters, initiated a successful conference collection delegation to Delegates also forced a debate on the police But most of the con_was well 'managed'. Under orders from Walworth Road the platform prevented any discussion on the witch hunt. Efforts to raise the attempted. expulsions