THE exhilaration of Margate prom during the gale that greeted delegates easily beat the inspiration received in hall. The platform, decorated with flashing light bulbs, looked like the set for a cheap quiz show. Unfortunately there were Stop the Purge: Badges 30p + 17p p&p; bulk orders 20p each for more than 10, plus 3lp p&p from Ray Sirotkin, SE4 2DD only small prizes tor the left.
Most motions were absorbed by the delegates in doze, then a cozy unanimously agreed.
The most significant development in left-right alignments was made by the NUPE and GMBATU delegations who denounced a resolution for con. tinued resistance to the local government controls. Less than half the constituency votes stood in favour of the resolution. should not prevail. Bloomy doom and because where the divide is drawn absolutely clearly South Africa the left carried the day. The ANC and full sanctions received unanimous support e The emergency resolution supporting printworkers despite being opposed ov the executive because of its clear condemnation of the role of the EETPU leadership — was however carried with only the EETPU delegation itself voting against.
The on the north of showed hopeful signs. ICoOluLIOl calling for dialogue with Sinn Fein received ilal votes as the local governthe/ overcut molou whelming bulk _oI CLP votes. Noticably cast their votes in the right direction — breaking with tradition.
The hallmark of the colicie was that one union block vote supported the left when pushed to a card vote (except on The NUM simply had not prepared for the con Ic ence tull delegation. Clearly the op SUTLURILY to make the NUM a focal point of support in the tuture political will exists in Kent NUM but the organisation for this year's conference did not.
Socialist Action 18 April 1986 LAST WEDNESDAY, 9 April Socialist Action held a meeting to commemorate the Easter Rising in Dublin, 1916. Speakers included KEN LIVINGSTONE, DIANE the USA. Here we print Martin contributions by Sean McKnight, the Republicans and claim to be impartial JAMES CONNOLLY was a man SEAN McKNIGHT from Sinn Fein, ABBOTT and MARTIN COLLINS, who is editor of Labour in Ireland and has just returned from a tour of Collins' speech and extracts from the Diane Abbott and Ken Livingstone.
Sean McKnight: 'In six months time the army and the RUC will come for army are harassing
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CONTINUING OUR round up of this year's Labour Southern Region Conference.
Party regional conferences LES HARTOP, delegate for Gillingham CLP (personal capacity), reports on