from a Bristol reader
On Tuesday, 18th May, a meeting of the Bristol University Labour Club decided by a 2 majority to reorganise itself as the Socialist Society, disaffiliating from NALSO and hence from the Labour Party. On the whole, the decision was not thoroughly and consistently thought out, since it was made clear that it is not intended to turn activities away from the Labour Party completely, and the advantages of the new arrangement are not, in the view of this correspondent, crystal-clear,
Nevertheless, it does indicate the revulsion and disgust which present Government policies are causing in the movement. In particular, there is strong feeling about Vietnam, Dominica and the gyrations of George Brown on Steel, The damage which wrong policies can do to the party cannot be over-emphasised,