It is quite possible that the Government will use the projected defence cuts as a smokescreen to push through cuts in social services. This would be double-dealing on two levels: firstly, the projected defence cuts despite the dramatic way they have been treated in the capitalist press ~ are a long way off and subject to modification, or even reversal, Secondly, such a "package deal" would completely ignore that fact that whilst "defence" expenditure is devoted completely to preserving the interests of British imperialism, social services' expenditure is merely designed to ameliorate some of the worst effects of unequal distribution of income under modern capitalism, To put a cut in one sector on a par the other is to fly in the face of everything the Labour Party stands for. Far from being diverted by Wilson's manoeuvres, the left should demand an immediate cut in "defence" expenditure now, an end to the so-called British role in world affuirs - which in essence means the use of the resources of this country «gainst national liberation movements - and the use of the money saved to increase social services' expenditure,
The WeekThe Week Vol. 8, No. 3, 20 July 1967
End East of Suez Now!
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