It was the dog that died The sooner the truth is revealed the better, importanty.
general attitude remains essentially Victorian.
alone.
have been an important defended Advertising 01-350 8371.
In the difference between Norman Scott and his dog? The dog, It so happens, was shot dead. Mr Scott is Koch alive and therein, as they say, hangs a tail. it is alleged, was shot dead as the first item on a The main course was to be Norman Scott he cook panicked and couldn't bring himself he hors d'oeuvre stage. As a result, the Liberal lurther mess — and if the cook, a Mr Newton, pill any more beans the crisis could get worse. ery useful to speculate as to whether the Tory have published the details with the same wish if Steel had not been backing Callaghan. The fact is that some of the details of this murky affair are now out.
E TO SU 40 043 04000 5819984 10400H more fundamental character. There are two central points and they are both related. The first is the night of Jeremy Thorpe or any other individual to his or her personal life without an invasion of privacy, But secondly, and equally towards homosexuality are raised. Despite the fact that it is no longer a crime 'between consenting male adults' the The victimisation and harassment of gay people in this country is well-known. Here was an important opportunity for the Liberal Party to stand up and say that Jeremy Thorpe's personal sexual preferences were a matter for doing they could have unleashed an offensive against the reactionary and bigoted sections of the press and those bodies which aid them in adding more fuel to the fires of hypocrisy. It could Paria educative campaign.
But instead of doing this the Liberals have retreated. attempted to deny a number of facts and connived to get rid of embarassing evidence. It is this which is the real 1088488WL 0880000 80 18NW 18NW 00880U808 course gone along with this and in the process done both himself and many others a grave disservice. It is for that and that alone that he should be subjected to criticism.
in remarkable contrast to Thorpe and the Liberala, the Labour MP for Northampton North, Maureen Colguhoun was open about being gay some time before the campaign to remove her. There can be no question, but that she that front against all her detractors, It is of course not accidental that the national press has victimised her for that reason and not because While we will defend Colquohoun against all the attacks on her personal life we can in no way, because of that, ignore or underplay the racist remarks she did make and Socialist Unity bas contested two elections: the parliamentary by-election in Ladywood, and LOCAL Spicalfields, East London, last month. Both conrests were sigproportion of the wore which wat CE CalLE SHIPPO 2U ICE SCOT OF ENG DOll defeating the Tories National what attracted the attention of those left of the Labour Party was the difference in the vote for socall Way - 334 - compared with that of the Socialist Workers Party — 152 Compared to indeed the IMG bave done relatively well in winning votes: Southall last Mas in the GilB elections being the highest CP VOTE The decline in votes cast for the Communist Party bas been striking. In 1959 the ancientes in The Elis ree vin 30m But in the last 17,426 votes.
Such a decline, added to the All it takes is for the Labour Party to draw level with the Tories in the next Gallop opinion poll and we shall have talk of a snap election in the air again.
It seems unlikely Labour will risk such a contest immediately, but the apparent upsurge in popularity for Labour provides a useful backdrop to the Socialist Unity conference to be held in London on 19 November.
meant that the party has as the far lefL.
Lambeth Socialist Unity and CP's.
In Ladywood, LEFT MP'S Party electoral and 1000 the CP have problems by bers openly worked for the CP Fielded General total involve rank and members in Socialist Unity.
members LICITHO general crisis in the CP ha decided what to do in the next concerned with (what is for the CP) the rather galling fact that in electCECERS IS HE BEG SHLIC CHAM Indeed in the Central constituency BUTE BEY COUT COES fields the IMO candidate defeated the cued by lascists.
The quandry the Communist now faces is understand.
ANCES TCHATEC ON KEADOU MPs makes an independent polirical strategy extremely difficult.
Tion banner.
The party canool bo seen to br leaving opposition to the Goyernment to the far left. On the that the far left will actually beat 'building the CP where both are standing Some meisdus members ol answered such backing Soialist Unny. to boll Ladywood and Spitalfields, individual CP mem SU when candidate. The leadership of the CP would never countenance such a move — the programme i far too left for the CP; but there is certainly a real opportunity to file party Nor does this only apply to of political parties BOTAN LEANS SEEMEDI support of many independent militants, including members of movement. But it needs to be emphasised that at least as far as against seeking affiliations from such organisations. This could in the organisation Socialist Unity's small successes nave aiso nad coeir errect or the Soclalist Workers Party. In 1ast week's bocalme Worker. 1 was reported that be SWP had La vate for SU in Spital. somerling they have nor done before. Local bombers of the SWP also came to the aid of a SU meeting when it was threatSupporters of Socialist Unit will be hoping such co-operation WIDE WILTENSEE NO CRCOUTAREL by the SWP. Ultimately the aim of Socialist Unity is to involve all ar left groups, under one elec The SWP is not y Inclined to go so far. Its argu ment Is Enat I 15 not rouly Interested in votes, but only in party'. But this TOMAS TO BE SORACES.E eported, for camople that the SWP lost practically all the fift recruits the party claimed to have nade at Stetchford.
Certainly the SWP is correct it says votes are made it clear in all its campaign that it sees elections as a way of Labour's right-wing policies and most important of all by militant local fight backs. not see a joint election campaign as an end in itself, but ratber as a means as establishing in practic and cobracing regroupment of That SU is composed both of Fame and the Pid, ad t such as Bis militants who are in neither of those organisations augur well for the future. The 19 Novembe Conference is the first chance to discuss that future car lend. All render.
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