Lincoln Labour Party Demands Socialist Foreign Policy

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from J.T. Ginniff

The G.M.C. of the Lincoln Labour Party adopted the following resolution unanimously at its June meeting for submission to Labour Party Annual Conference: "That this Annual Conference of the Labour Party demands of the Government that foreign policy shall be based on socialist principles and and that election pledges and promised policies shall be treated seriously, and as having meaning and purpose,"

The resolution originated from Castle Ward, and in a preamble the ward explained: "We are compelled by events to note that socialist principles of foreign policy have been jettisoned one after another by the Government in favour of a continuation of the policy of the Conservative Party and the previous Government..." It goes on to cite Vietnam as a case in point, and concludes: "...econtinuing the ConserWative foreign policy must, at the least delay, or even destroy, the basis for a socialist programme at home, and at the worst, may well involve us in a war completely disastrous as it would be unnecessary..."