& South London correspondent reports: ia ceho of the bottics within Norwood and Strcathom Labour Parties in 1959 has been hoard in the locnol press. Mr Lwbank, who played 2 principal poy, in the purge ngninst the left, has now left the Labour Party for the Liberal Party. He has occuscd the loenl Streatham Party of being run by the some people as these who "ran" the party before the 1959 purge. In renlity, Stroathan Labour Party ig controlled by « group of ecentrists who are oxtrenely hostile to the expelled members.
i few months ago, in Norwood, a principel witch-hunter, . Mr. Darroch, resigned from the porty, joining the Liberals bocoming one of the Libernl Borough Council enndidates in the 1962 clections ~necusing Norwood Labour Party of boing controlled by Communists and frotskyists. These stutencnts were without foundation ond merely prove the cvolution of the extreme right wing towards Libcralism is dictated by their frustration nt boing unable to force the Labour Party into their own image.