At its mecting to mandate its delegate to National Conference the South Nottingham Lahour Party, a stronghold of the right-wing which is now being challenged, supported a left position on most matters. Concentrating on the most decisive issues, the left succeeded in getting support for the following: Resolution No. 17 challonging [email protected].'s non-endorsement of Parliamentary candidates, the Sheffield Hallam resolution on the setting up of an Appeals Committee, Resolution No. 140 from the Draughtsmen's union opposing entry into the Common Iarket, No. 176 calling for a general election on the issue and the convening of “uropean Conference of Labour, The T, &.G.W.U. resolution reaffirming opposition to all toasts, Resolution No. 192, from the Constructional ingineers calling for a vigourous programme of public ownership, etc., etc. The Party also supported seven left nominees for the constituency section of the N.2.C. and four left wingers for the women's section. The delegate was mandated to vote against the proposed 'ruilt by association' amendment. However, the left suffered one defeat when the mecting voted against supporting the Fire Brigades Union resolution on unilateralism, although the defeat was a narrow ones BLACKFOOL NORTH VOTES LEFT ON EVGRY ISsuu by Be (Blackpool)
At a special meeting to mandate their delegate to National Conference the Blackpool North C.L.P., mandated its dslegate to vote for every left wing resolution without exception and by big majorities. The left was particularly satisfied with this achievement as the delegate is a right winger (and we have a guarantee, via another Blackpool delegate, that the mandate will be obeyed). On the N.&.C. voting the following were supported: Benn, Greenwood, Castle, Mikardo, Griffiths, Crossman and Driberg, but on the women's section it was decided to support Braddock, Hart, Lee, Jeger and Herbison.
A move to vote against all the present members of the conference arrangoments committee because they had rejected the Blackpool North conference resolution was defeated on the argument that these people had only abided by the rules. The dclegate was instructed to vote against the 'guilt by association' amendment, but a move to abolish the women's section on the N.i.C. was lost. Other decisions were: support for tho idea that the Parliamentary Leader of the Labour Party should be voted for by M.P.s and candidates, unanimously for the appeals tribunal, in favour of the Horsham resolutions on adoption of Parliamentary candidates and George Brown, against raising Y.S. age limit to 29, in favour of political discussion on Young Socialist Federations, for N.A.L.S.0. representation on Y.5, committees, for a separate conference for C.L-P.ss and for the Woodside resolution on Young Socialist democracy. The latter led to the only real political fight of the evening - a right wing Young Socialist opposing support for the resolution. on the grounds that Keep Left was run by the S.L.L. and that its supporters were thugs. However, when it came to the vote his was the only vote against. lid. notes This report has been shortened a little for space reasons.