As a comparitive stranger to Scarborough, I was reluctant to belieye that the Scarborough Labour Party had developed pseudo-fascist characteristics, How wrong I was! To my horror, I have actually heard Executive Committee members condemn a party member on the grounds that his council house rent was in arrears. I have heard another “leader” of the party, a man who brandishes his former military rank at every possible opportunity, say to another party member: "Do you know who I am?" = in the manner of the butler speaking to the second footman.
I have heard others boast of their friendship for and co-operation with a former Conservative M.P., who is a noted for his spluttering, frenzied hatred of the left. I have heard a Labour councillor say that the corporation should set up the equivalent of "penal colonies" for unsatisfactory tenants. I have heard the same man take up the old, tired stcries of "coal in the bath" and "burning the doors in winter." This man went on to WistinguisH himself by accepting the mayorality of the town at the invitation of the Tory majority.
Another member of the Executive stated that the local police should be called in to "deal with" the Young Socialists. Does he want the youngsters to be manhandled simply because they have dared to oppose the opportunistic tactics of the Tory fellow-travellers who "lead" and disgrace the Scarborough Party?
Transport House must act now!