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CLP, personal capacity) AFTER 10 years of war, 2,000 deaths and the collapse of one 'solution after another, there are signs that the Labour Party is beginning to socialist towards first time parliamentary CLPs have submitted 'bipartisan' resolutions or amendments on - the vast majority of them call for TOTAOIS withdrawal and the right of the people of the whole of Ireland to work out their own future. And it seems that Kesh.

arrangements committee has timetabled a full Issue the This is a big step forward from last year when only after a week-long petition campaign was a brief debate forced on the last morning of conference, in a session originally set aside The past year has seen an development with March of the Labour Committee on Ireland. The conference had 44 CLPs represented from all over Britain. And it is the LCI which must take the credit which have. morons been submitted on In June the NEC for the broke Will the leadership's approach to They condemned the "repression and torture' in the of Northern and a delegation led by Joan Maynard and Alex Kitson tried to visit the H-Blocks in Long proach Both the London and Scottish regional conferences, and 'Northern Ireland Group' of Labour MPs, have called for an end to bipartisan support for the Tories on Ireland and the NEC has set up working party with the object formulating policy on The Now Tony Benn has agreed to be the main speaker at the Labour Committee on Ireland the fringe meeting.

But the issue is far from won and there may still be attempts to stifle debate at the conference by referring all motions to the NEC working par. ty which is not due to report for another year.

Also it is known that sup porters of the Campaign for Labour Representation in Northern which wants the Loyalist dominated Northern Ireland trade unions build a Northern Ireland Labour Party - have secured hutuence among NEC working party.

A policy based on that apwould be disastrous since it would . commit the Labour Party organisationally trie artificial division of Major The Tories now intend to complete the circle by restoring Loyalist dominated assembly in Northern Ireland.

Labour Committee Ireland will be fighting hard to build a big Labour presence on major demonstration Tories' new plans called by the Committee for Withdrawal on 15 November.