Knock as opposed to Heffer in the Labour leadersnip erecuon, socialls! Action should check the LaCs This would have revealed that far from voting centre-right off his own bat, as your piece imples, was mandated by the full Newham North West GC to vote Kinnock-Meacher, What is more lon had made it clear from me start or te icaterslup campaign that he supported Heffer. However in Newham, after fighting hard to rid the | party of the lies of Reg Prentice and Arthur Lewis, Tony Is as aware one reo the Labour voters and party workers tual tie fundamental reason for democratic re-selection was to ensure that MPs follow the party line. He requested a mandate.
It was at precisely this stage that the centre-right Kinnock supporters reveacu meir true colours and proposed that we leave it up to lony This was crushed and Tony Banks joins the GLC fares protest procedure to mandate adopted.
This did not give the result that we on the left wanted. but to ditch mandation for temporary gain MIN would have been another victory for the centre-right.
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"Those Protestants who have been trained in the Ulster Defence Regiment or the R.U.C. would remain a real threat to Catholics in the North of Ireland. (in the event of a British withdrawal).
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