conference of the Labour Party ended last timer, continuous filled value The for this orenosI with the to ex-premier Jim rightly that the commitme furiate the press. The ment.
True, there were Peter was some worrying aspects which had incated by vote Kinnock against lelegates Dand the parties sullaly campaign Briefing bul of MP's voted for ble and onference. They him No unions ated to th the Militc the too, Ali om the Pa the parties The scale of of the NEC their They excused the band wagon built up around Kinnock Hattersley. the of branch with Polaris the being support •Michael management committee apdelegates. be to •policies, to delegates who LOCK But the final Tony in The did NO L large right The discontent of the throughout the hard left delegates could attributed membership except the SOUl apes. Their candidates in leadership election did starting lo organised orse than was expected 'dream ticket' of Kin- Transport General c* and Hattersley spon- Workers who ared by the major unions endorse- Briefing O Here i the hard WCC caucuses.
Eric Heffer the left candidate for leader ceived 6.3 per cent of the dee of the electoral col = as compared with 71.3 cert for Veil Kinnock In the the levertheless 19.3 ior Roy Har- this int the oche REP every were Tariq though, Kinnock ordinating ary.
through social dinavia keynote he tuguese themselves the Lial 2SCCT E address of his board ejected Notable alr unsure obviously the initial Committee organisaits base, inpossible Young in Scanthe sort as leader • Por.
Greek He said nothing ER BRIT Can the new 'dynamic duo' save Labour without ditching socialist policies?
But the problem of just an question.
electoral around issues NHS, itself to the This promise despite pledges to that the must policy nion in general with-It is the left long.
tions where tion the The conTOTE: ject. The Even Parkinson prospects look ment and ing, crease gradual North Sea Under tion that an if necessary not yet themselves power. advocated ImOT slare will Thatcher the the Tories Unemploy.
will either the both of revenues these cirfall of The ruling be have demonstrated sufficiently the right Chancie :T SETTE battle between the creasingly explicitly of the Kinnock will the forces defeats promises with the It the SUCCESS EV LU deal economic crisis Oil.
It must organise the links between the Labour the unions, it must organise to commit Kinnock to the pledges he has made at the It it does all this then the left will increasingly begin to win over those who have supported Kinnock as the best wav ol getting Thatcher out.
By rebuilding itself and basing itself on the struggles against the Thatcher government the left can therefore not only begin to put itself back on the road in the fight for the leaderthe 2330 Trie.
Treat. au: ja give a alternative to those who will be fighting the Tories
Socialist Action 14 October 1983
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succeed? THE EIGHTY-SECOND annual
week with the majority of its delegates leav- ing Brighton
with optimism. They had overwhelmingly elected Neil Kinnock as a leader pledged to bring unity and elec-
toral victory to the party. They had also seen the majority of the left policies on which the party campaigned reconfirmed
and had witnessed a stinging rebuff from the
Callaghan, who had wished to reverse the party's