NO PLATFORM FOR RACISTS Stepping for a moment out of the sheltered confines of Parliament last summer, she 'got caught up' in the events at the Notting Hill Carnival. Now she explains that she has changed her views about the desirability of a multi-racial society.
done by putting black and white together', she says. 'I had the blind allegiance to the ideal that many of my fellow party members still have. I have had to readjust my ideas.' Colquhoun's assurance that 'many of my friends who are black are absolutely super people because they are educated black people'. Educated not to struggle, perhaps?
Maan, President of the Standing Conference of Pakistani Organisations in Britain, who said that if she was serious 'she had better join the National Front'. After all, like Ms Colquhoun, they support import controls too!
But prosecuted, while it should be supported, is nowhere near enough on its own to deal with the racist menace. The ruling class courts, and the ruling class Parliament, will not eagerly turn on a member of their own Establishment.
courts. The self-organisation of blacks in their own defence is the only guarantee against racists. Active support for such self-defence is incumbent upon the entire working class movement today. And then we have Tribunite MP Maureen Colquhoun.
•We need to think an awful lot about what politicians have The final patronising white icing on this racist cake was Ms A fitting comment on her statements came from Mr Bashir the call by black organisations for Powell to be There can be no reliance on Parliament, no reliance on the