Mr. Wilson had his smallest majority since the last election on the issue of defence. This makes us very happy and we hope that the fact that some 62 members abstained (including interestingly enough both the Irish Labour member and the Welsh Nationalist) will give an impulse to opposition at all levels in the movement. Again the question of voting against must be posed: not even the prospect of the Tories winning the vote can be a deterrent now. The huge Labour majority at the polls indicates that the Tories would not force a General Election, or that if they did Labour would win again anyway. Wilson's policies are straining the whole structure of the movement. He has chosen to completely disregard last year's Labour Party conference decision on defence cuts. The enemies of the Labour Party, the ones who threaten both its structure and its cohesiveness are to be found in the Cabinet not among the abstainers.
The WeekThe Week Vol. 7, No. 9, c. 2 March 1967
The Defence Revolt
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