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Scarborough: Labour Party and Left Club to Hold Talks

· The Week Vol. 4, No. 15, 21 October 1965 · p. 7 of the scan · 157 words

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Now that the combined membership of the Scarborough New Left Club and the Young Socialists is almost treble the active membership of the Scarborough Labour Party, certain senior members of the Executive Committee are now in favour of holding discussions with the two encialist organisations, with a view to co-operating in the @eral Election campaign. This has become necessary because it is felt that the adjacent Labour marginal seat of Cleveland is vulnerable. At present the Scarborough Labour Party has less than £16 in the bank and cannot hope to put up any sort of a show at the election. If Cleveland is to be held this constituency must be fought vigorously by the Labour Party, All socialists living in Scarborough and district: must be heartened by the fact that for the first time since 1945 it is possible that a vigorous Labour candidate will be standing for election backed by the two socialist ZTOUPS « ‘

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