The action of the Potteryworkers' union in disaffiliating from the Labour Party is very understandable but regrettable. Their votes are needed at the Labour Party conference by the left, Acts of despair are no substitute for action, Militant action by the Potteryworkers would be much more -;. effective. Instead of abandming the Labour Party to the right, militants should go in and take it over. If local branches of the Potteryworkers were to mobilise their members they could throw out those M.P.s who support Mr. Wilson in pottery constituencies, But there are other lessons from this affair: _Ever since the election of the Wilson Government left critics have been accused of damaging the Labour Party, now we have real evidence that the left ws correct in pointing out that the right wing policies of Mr. Wilson are a disaster for the party, If more and more people learn this lesson, maybe the action of the Potteryworkers will have been a good thing after all.
The WeekThe Week Vol. 7, No. 6, 9 February 1967
The Pottery \.crkers Disaffiliate
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