knife in the Labour Party.
The first direct libel of the therefore campaign against David Steel.
the Star, and its publisher, Express newspapers, were forced to pay Steel a large sull. damages reported in one newspaper at £100,000. The Murdoch press, the Sun News of the World, off settling the matter until after the election.
The Express, however, was determined to press on. Its target tor the campaign Ken Liv ingstone. The Express/s 'Our by Red Ken'. On Saturday its front page was denies plot'. On Monday returned with a centre page "The lies of Livingstone'.
These stories dealt with an alleged plot by Livsee the leadership of the Labour Party from Neil Kinnock after the election and were chiefly written Hitchens one-time supporter of the SWP who Legistered as a newsr aper with the Post Office.
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has become a very nasty piece of work.
appeared to suggest Livingstone's was establish some totalitarian state not going far enough for the left. Hitchens revealed Livingstone:
"was being criticised for appearing to believe in aemocracy CALCIUSL circles this is a serious offence.
Heading the list for bizarre smears in the Livingstone stakes. and for general smut, was however the extraorainary two page spread in the News of World on Sunday headlined: 'I hate Red Ken more than my lulaway lover! This was by the Tory candidate running against Livingstone in Brent East, Harriet Crawley.
Livingstone had to deal, in addition, with suicals apparently emanating from inside the The News on Sunday produced forensic evidence anonymous press releases his Brent East campaign were in Tact produced on the same typewriter as cirSUBSCRIBE Inland 24 issues £10 48 Issues £20 PO Box 50, London N1.
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THE CONSERVATIVE leadership spent the first week of the campaign bashing the Alliance. The Tory publicity department, otherwise know as Fleet Street, after an initial sally at the Alliance, spent its time on the real task of the election - sticking the