The voice of the 'soft left'?

Socialist Action No. 171, 25 September 1987 · p. 2 of the scan · 154 words

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BRYAN GOULD is being built up as a 'soft left' candidate for the NEC — in particular by the Labour Coordinating Committee. As a certain test of his soft left credentials who do you think he voted for in the 1983 leadership and deputy leadership elections?

Kinnock and Hattersley? Hattersley and Kinnock? Heffer and Meacher?

Gould actually voted for Peter Shore for leader and Gwyneth Dunwoody for deputy leader.

1als way oul posiuol was only seven Gwyneth Dunwoody, treeson. Jonn Gilbert, McGuire and Peter Shore.

Bryan Gould has nothing to do with the soft left. He is a right winger being given a left cover by the LCC. taken a little note of rather than being confined to d pages 347 and 349 of the 1983 Labour, Party conference report?

so right wing that members of the PLP voted for it -Forrester, Reg Bryan Gould, Michael Perhaps this voting record should be

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