SEVERAL Labour candidates in the forthcoming Inner London Education Authority elections have been chosen with the full participation of their constituency black sections despite instructions to the contrary from the Labour Party's regional office.
Vauxhall, Lewisham Fast, Norwood, Islington North and Deptford all registered victory though, when Tneir candidates were confirmed by party headquarters.
London regional party office convened a meeting of officers from the constituencies concerned to persuade them to think again. They refused.
•The candidates involyed include two of the surcharged Lambeth borough councillors Irma Critchlow and John O'Malley.
When this reported Walworth headouarters "im -posed' candidates on the constituencies. In all cases they were the same canselected by the didate.
CLPs in the first place, with black participation.
'This is a victory,' said black section chair Mare Il means we have created an important precedent. national has been forced to give black section involve. ment recognition we •But ther still holding out on the vital question of Russell Profitt's selection as parliacandidate Hichlary which is spiteful and narrow minded. They have no reason for this, the selection clearly had support from the local party.' 'But the only l've received, Khan plained, 'were those I read in the newspapers, that of supposedly bringing the party into disrepute. But a everybody knows, it is because set in Roy Hatblack section in 'Since black section launched the campaign in my defence, the nas been flooded with letters of support for Amir Khan Kevin in Birmingham on the date of the regional to the Albany Hotel). Comrades should arrive there by I0am - and bring their banners! Black section is organising a demonstration appeal: Saturday 5 April, 11am. The appeal takes place at the AUEW offices, Holloway Circus, in the Birmingham City Centre (next
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