The Danger of the Tories Coming Back to Power

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The Labour Party is paying dearly for this policy: the present Government has lost more by-elections in the last three years than any Government in Britain's history. If there were a General Election now, Labour would probably do as bad as it did in 1931, after the Ramsey McDonald betrayal, when it was reduced to 40-odd seats. Trade wnionists and working class people do not want the Tories back. They know that if Mr. Heath and his gang get back into power the Tories will launch a tremendous attack on the trade unions (using legislation introduced by Mr. Wilsen) and the social services. The means test will come back and unions will be penalised in the law courts for strikes. Mr. Wilson uses this fear of a Tory come-back to try to suppress discontent in the Labour Party and trade unions. Many on the left have gone along with Mr. “ilson out of loyalty to the Labour Party. We feel that they are very mistaken. The lack of a fight by the traditional left of the Labour Party «nd trade unions has only encouraged Wilson to go further and further to the right. On the other hand, because they see no prospect of a fight against right wing policies, thousands of people heve left the Labour Party or become inactive.