mediate issues raised by Foot's article.
MICHAEL FOOT'S the steel plants.
But Foot did in fact but ioward a number very simple arguments to justify his faith. First, argued, the notion that the 1974-9 Labour government sold out socialism Is 'monstrous perversion' put around by people Ike Tony Benn Second, says Foot, the Bennite left will Labour the next election. Third, he argues Labour MPs are dominated by the leader, but are freer now than ever to exercise their own consciences.
right to attack Cher because or alches lack of faith in parliament.
crucial one. There is no argument that a Labour government infinitely preterable to a lorv But the 1974-9 Labour government did abandon crucial aspects of Labour's manifesto, moreover, chose the traditonal meant me deal will economic crisis attack ing the working class.
manifesto adopted in 1973, included as a central plank an attempt to regenerate British industry through planning agreements and state investment via the National Enterprise Board. was abandoned by 1975, when Tony Benn was sacked as industr Minister Callaghan then on to impose the social Last week we looked at Michael Foot's two-part article in the Observer about his brand of socialism. Here PHIL HEARSE looks at some of the more imarticles in the Observer were the precious and pretentious products of a literary poseur. Anyone who has heard Foot speak will know what I mean - all that silly shouting, posture-taking and demagogy about flame of socialist courage' defending incomes policy or the closure of pretence turned out to be anollel WOrd he restraint. It was because of this that Labour came into conflict with groups like the firefighters, just as the Labour ment had clashed with the seatarers.
Close depressing background of was against that falling that Labour lost the 1979 living standards general was not one singie measure involved an attack on the in favour of working class 'monstrous i perversion for Foot was anything else.
Michael Foot in 1966 was the hero of the Labour Conterence wiet nerose tu attack the imposition poncy by Wilson government, ting to big business, the Ci OIC ty and the banks as the real ICS ple. But ten years and when he was Callaghan's loyal lieutenant, he forgotten all that.
Foot's argument that it Bennite left which will lose Labour th next monstrous piece of double think the Labour right, numerous defections In en which refuses to This conference decisions thus precipitates the conmc Inside une party But more than that. the wen: •robem or Labour winn ing the next election is pre-
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