Blackpool and Scarborough

The Scarborough Labour Party hes practised its peculiar anti-democratic arts for so long that the members of the Executivd Committee are blandly unaware as to whether or not they are acting constitutionally! The committee decided to abandon monthly general meetings in May, June, July and Auguste The September meeting was held after the Blackpool Conference had begun, This crude but effective stratagem was adopted in order to prevent resolutions from being dehated by the membership of the branch and then moved at the conference, At a clandestine meeting of the Executive Committee, the treasurer, Mr. R.A, Leadill, was"“appointed" to act as delegate. Mr. Leadhll . is an arch-reactionary who often seeks to present himself as a left winger. In this way he keeps such organisations as the CND, MCF and CARD under close observation, He suffers from an acute impediment to his speech and even had he wished to do so, he would not have been able to contribute to any of the important debates that took place in Blackpool. The continuing existence of the Scarborough Labour Party serves to make the adjacent Labour marginal seat of Cleveland more vulnerable than voting figures would seem to indicate, This, at least is the language of expediency and for that reason, we appeal to the NEC to disband the Scarborough Labour Party and then allow it to be re-formed on the basis of strict adherence to the principles and constitution of the Labour Party.