SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

LABOUR WOULD LET REDS MARCH IN, SAYS MAGGIE

Socialist Action No. 166, 29 May 1987 · p. 12 of the scan · 283 words

The scan: 166-may-29-1987-SA-UK.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 12 of the scan

ACTION SOCiAList Labour leader's guer KINNOCK ES UNDER FIP Mail DAD'S ARM la fighters scorn * Kinnock in Blunderland KICK OUT ROY, MUSLIMS URGED Rap for Kinnock IRA SUICIDE SQUAD STALKS MAGGIE WE CAN'T WIN, SAYS survey carried rebruary this year reveal British respondents belie ed that only 31 percent o ed that 'the Americans nuinely want to stop whereas 35 per cent belier.

that the Soviet Union did More recently a Na tional Opinion Poll survey for the Independent car ried out among 2000 elec tors in 52 key marginals on Tuesday 1 May, • showed that only 43 per cent chose the Tories in answer to the question 'which party do you trust most to take the right decisions about nuclear weapons?

Twenty-eight per cent opted for for the Alliance, while 12 per cent trusted none of the parties Pressures A substantial chunk oi the 28 per cent that chose neither the Tory nor the Labour Party are already won, , or potentially easily winnable, to the case for eliminating weapons.

On its present defence Lbour stands no chance of capitalising on that potential support. The truth is that nuclea weapons will at some point be used - there has never been a weapon invented which wasn't used.

Thatcher's policies of maintaining nucleat weapons threaten "Army ea for 'Dad's because there is no Soviet threat to occupy Britain - it is the United States which is the threat world peace and the USSR which has made proposals for reduc ing military tension That IS the that should hammering until it does it will continue to get itself into the type of rIdiCH OUS mess • Kinriock did on Sunday.

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