NUT elections Resounding victory for STA in London

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FOLLOWING internal turmoil inside the NUT in a year when the 'Broad Left' were more intent on fighting the left of the than fighting Baker, the two STA nominees in Inner London, Bernie Regan and Betty Hunter, were both elected to the union's national executive.

This is the first time that the left has won both seats in Inner London and means that on the 47 seat executive there wing members, mainly from the This success in Inner London was despite the arty tricks of tne nanonal officers who put two Broad Lett members on the ballot even though they were not nominated by ans branch.

This result contradicts the 'new realist' drift of the Jarvis-McAvoy leadership which denies that there is any future in strategies waen coure au achon.

With a special •conference imminent this result demonstrates that the membership will vote for an alternative when one is offered. In Inner London this was proved decisively so.

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