and powerful invectives to laugh at himself, welcome antidole to the GETS TOLLET SEE THESE DAEL SAIL they deserve.
left the polemical techniques ICELLIOUS PEOniC We real, style of newspaper articles? TREAD David Widgery's Better in last week" paper more in socrow than in anger. His witty against the IMG': sectarianism have on occasion heen justified. In biber writings his sense of humour and ability the rest of the far left have often proved a SUDEL SLID Bolshesism of many of the far left's Dave Sparts. 1 was therefore surprised at the venom and its thoroughgoing sectarianism. In short methought he protested For does David Widgery really wanl Martin Shaw's spleen against the SWP "moderated'? Il so then surely references to self-appointed and insinuations of personal vanity and ultra-intellectualism are scarely likely to clicit a warm and loving response. Such personal jibes should he given the short-shrift Widgery socms to see a contradicrion between USOTAOOD Trotskyism and his owit style. Asa member of the IMG I would be the first lo admit that it ha over the last decade often been patronising and Sectarian towards the SWP. But as we are nor surely chink that organisations can make mistakes without being tainted with the blemishes of original sin?
The very fact that the humour is wearing thin and that the jokes are less and less telling, shows the ersentin weakness of the argument. In short i pot pouri of bons mots and bad ones "guesses, reminiscences and accusations of sectarianism cannor take the place of a serious discussian abour how to win working class people in this country to the cause of socialism When all the extraneous rein is conco ava there is amazingly tittle substance in Darid Widgery's letter; merely an untoward cynicism as to the honesty of the IMG's intendions in seeking revolutionary anity amd the foeling that the passions of working people find littl point ! would agree. But isn't it in the wors organisational seccarianism on the basis of the No one is saying 'unity now"" nor is anyone serving a menu of soctarian stews. We are saying that a fusion between the MC could margialise the real octarians on the left, immeasurably increase to make real wroads on the working class cuT Tort enored by the Commit Party. SucH a projeer is far more realistic and serious than lo expect the SWP by in own effars an individual recruitment to create "the party'. la the past we all laughed at Heals 's efforts to do Now the laughter is becoming more When mirthless -THOUTS sectarian levective replace politics as they do in Dave Widgery's letter, then he must forgive us for being sceptical ahour the famous opcitiess the SWP grandards. Let us hope that the far let sale employing quickly outgrow this last spasm of an infantile left wice humooriss and nob-