IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Resign ward. The MP Zillacus

Socialist Challenge No. 182, 29 January 1981 · p. 6 of the scan · 217 words

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page 6 of the scan

Transport

General Workers union.

The confusion reflected in a call from CND's chairperson, Canon Collins, to ensure that the conference majority was maintained and increased, and to continue to win mass support for USEL cried 'forwas called constituency that MPs either support conference policy *cried resign. But most "back'.

In only five MPs during the defence debate in line with conference policy. and the Labour Party as the Campaign for Democratic Socialism, run by Bill Rodgers Tonell suprise they found CND and the Labour lefts were running a cama gu the labour movement.

An indication of the indecisiveness of the lefts was shown in the Parliamentary Labour Parly Originally to run Harold Wilson, a multilateralist and suD porter of NATO, against Gaitskell.

Wilson would

raise the issue bomb but the need to respect conference decisions. Wilson dealt with the CND leaders beautifully. He had a meeting with them and cated on everything He explained later that he was WILl Wilson stated of CND supporters:

*i was not looking for splits, for I would say they're all good chaps, essential to the party, and it was my job to keep links around them all, which I did.' The debate the Labour Party had become irretrievably muddled.

Next week: The conclu ding part, CND's defeat.

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