rowest margins that the proposals for extending the Labour leadership franchise were defeated by delegates at the party conference month. The result of these defeats IS the special conference to be held in January.
Person in particula can eld responsible this delay in stripping the PLP of its monopoly of the leader• delay which the Labour right hopec Witn reason aarit mo the to place Tony Benn at party's Clive Sentral secretary exuberant of the white. collar unlol ASIMS. Within muttites elector Michael root as party leader. Jenkins was on television to what a wonderful thing that was.
root could well owe his election to jenkins, since ll Socialist Challenge 20 November 1980 the latter had voted at the party conference as the majority of the ASTMS delegation asked him to, there would have occu ama only for one or luc Iranchise proposals ward from the platform The simple. party NEC proposed an elec.
WILl half the votes going artillatec Mrs, ario a guate too the and a quarter to the CLPs.
Incensed cive Jenous nee mem the ASTMS card which • ПС cast them against Tinf Maynard defeated e, d the majordy the vote, WOUld have been carried Of ASTMS's 28-strong delegation, 16 of the delegates • directly the union's divisions detentes were incensea Jenkins' action.
had decided abstention because the union's 1980 conterence callClive Jenkins Anger way ASTMS voted proved t don divisions, have supported the delegate:
Jenkins to be censored. One DaLLIC over wabour t'arty democrac — accountability of the trade union block vote.