Scotland the grave? | Socialist Action 1983

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Scotland we have as strong a claim as anyone' says We have a wider spread of our members than any arty with absolutely no right to speak on behalf of cottish seats. Despite the relentless media pressure or a Tory victory their 1983 vote dropped by nearly 50,000 to 969,000 giving them 41 seats, a decline pace 1979 of three seats.

ae the SDP/Liberal Alliance.

•claculal duvalles carly 700,000 votes.

Whereas the Alliance deeper class polarisaLa social level in roven to be utterly false.

battle for the rights LUIDwa not oll attitude survey conBut, the Scottish Tories are the only significant In 1979 916,000 Scots voted Tory. They won 22 But Labour's vote dropped by more than The real victors of the 1983 election in Scotland, Labour voters, who mainafter a lacklustre Labour candidate.

Hulluci VOLCA Labour, which suffered a 1919, more man any owne. party in Scotland. To do as tish dee ined in the SP tish vote and the 5.5 34.3 per cent of the pos percent more than Give Labour 41 of the 72 Wese concentrated land's pool were the only major the Fory vote (double the in the U.K aLBa Leatha Fein asep o-marr which now Labour leaael, ueorge Movement following the election. Deeper tish operation and the Alliance asking for met this week to discuss now the labour movement will lead Jight for devolution. su secrete shadow inevilablc HESS calllbaizi paign for the Assembly. It is in this area the opular Pay tha together with its intimate call would be made with those in the Labour Party who Clail cessions to the Alliance.