Schlagwort: Labour Government
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Lynn Walsh: A Warning to Labour
[Militant No. 25, April 1967, p. 1 and 3] Pollock, Rhonda West, Nuneaton, Honiton A Warning to Labour Attack Capital to Regain Support The recent by-elections in Rhondda West, Pollock Nuneaton and Honiton have each registered a sharp rejection of the policies of the Labour Government. Neither the Liberals nor the Tories made any significant…
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Lynn Walsh: Labour right continue attack on party democracy
[Militant No. 471, 21st September 1979, p. 8-9] By Lynn Walsh Shirley Williams recently tried to dismiss the crucial debate on democracy within the Labour Party as “like the crewmen on the Titanic deciding to have a punch-up in the engine room.” Her speech, made to a fringe Fabian society meeting at the TUC in…
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Lynn Walsh: Budget hand-outs: no substitute for socialist policies
[Militant No. 401, 14th April 1978, p. 2] By Lynn Walsh The labour movement will welcome the positive points in Denis Healey’s budget, which have already brought a torrent of criticism and denunciation from the Tories and big business. Most workers will be slightly better off as a result of the tax cuts. Low-income families…
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Lynn Walsh: Bosses Plan New Attack on Unions
[Militant No. 429, 27th October 1978, p. 1 and 12] By Lynn Walsh The Labour government must drop wage restraint and carry out bold socialist policies to benefit workers. The Ford workers’ action for better pay and conditions having an effect in unexpected quarters. Church of England parsons met in London to discuss how to…
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Lynn Walsh: Crown Agents: Expose the Cover Up
[Militant No. 385, 9th December 1977, p. 3] At least £212 million of public money has been poured down the drain. This is the extent of the losses run up by the Crown Agents, most of which will have to be met by the taxpayer. Yet in contrast to the losses made by nationalised industries,…
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Lynn Walsh: When the Steel Bosses Sabotaged the Law
[Militant No. 489, 8th February 1980, p. 7] By Lynn Walsh Lord Denning’s blatant class ruling against the steel workers has provoked an explosion of anger among trade unionists. The Tories – echoed, unfortunately, by labour and trade union leaders – are again preaching sermons about the „sanctity of the law“, the „impartiality of the…
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Lynn Walsh: Comment – Dodging The Taxing Questions
[Militant International Review, No 34, Spring 1987, p. 15-17] Prologue: A costly trip Last Summer, Labour’s deputy leader, Roy Hattersley, addressed a select covey of bankers and financiers at New York’s plush Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The trip was paid for by city stockbrokers, Samuel Montague (a subsidiary of Midland Bank). The aim, according to the…
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Lynn Walsh: Spycatcher, Thatcher and the State
[Militant International Review, No 36, Winter 1988, p. 28-35] Thatcher’s prolonged battle to suppress Spycatcher, the memoirs of former MI5 officer Peter Wright, have once again focussed attention on the role of the secret security and intelligence services. Enormous resources have been used to prevent Wright’s disclosures reaching a mass audience. At least £1 million…