DAY ONE of the Labour Party conference was a real success for the left. The NUM's victory — over Reselection, more than single issue debated this year, barometer of opinion. Kinnock's deteat Is a serious setback for all who sought to protect the seats of Labour's most unpopular MPs and to remove them from the democratic control of their local parties.
Moving emergency resolution no4 referred back the proposal on one member one volc NUM general secretary Peter Heathfield expressed his and other unions' condemn eat they would deprived politıcal representatives 'at the level where it matters When trade unions and facing the the party alCi Tory onslaught against the levy. should not be adding to that problem by dividing among ourselves be about maximisshould on ing unity in order to build a party more able to deal with the needs of working people.
didn't refer back the proposals.
them out - with the support of the TGWU whose delegation voted 17 to 12 against the Evans amendment, but didn't speak during the debate.
The first day of annual conference was a victory or all lose l struggle against the governmenl. It was a victory for all those in the party who and to have tought to win protect, democratic countability of representatives Labour's policies.
victory must be LIaL followed through. The dream ticket's honeymoon over. The left must organise protect its gains. must begun. map out the policies which in the fight on behalf of all the exploited and oppressNEC THE RESULTS of the NEC elections means lower.
It came as no sur-
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the heads of the Kinnock leadership - was swiftly followed by a defeat of the Evans proposals reselection, by a card vote of 3,592,000. to 3,041,000