Cent. Above right, er, the first Tory to defect to the going round the concern about the growing popularity of the Social Democratic Party.
Already there al c rumours, that Tory MPs are about to defect to le sor aller the party Christopher are about to defect.
Conservative for the SDP to reject the 'centrist' temptation and set itself the task of smashing up the Labour Party by splitting local (as ll nas aone with dramatic success for conference in Blackpool that another six Tory MPs Now Edward Heath is suggestina that Thatcher's acolytes in the Tory Central hilt, sees the problem in British politics not as the polarisation of right and eft, but as Labour's move to the left alone.
It therefore wishes to destroy the Labour Party the left break its links with orgnised labour This in itself is very revealing: the problem with the Labour Party, which makes it unsafe' as the natural alternative to the Office started a campaign of 'dirty tricks against eventually goes depends on the relative weight of COHL COCLON Leno. present in this proto-party Arredov. because defections of councillors and MPs Labour, class votes.
But the simple strategy ot attemoting the Labour Party as the Illa Ul party of the left numerous objection. against This represents the mirror-image of the impact of Bennism on sec of the and white collar strata. amounts to confirmation of the growing politicisation of British society politicisation long overdue in light of the depth of the social and economic crisis.
Until tested
government, the SDP is likely to grow both from the right and the left. But the same forces which gave rise to the SDP will be its undoing The SDP will survive first period of government