London Labour Briefing no. 83

LONDON FIGHTS

THE

ALTON

BILL!

David Alton’s Bill — designed to impose a time limit of 18 weeks for abortions — is seen by anti-abortion campaigners as the first step in repealing the 1967 Act which legalised abortion.

Since its first reading, FAB (Fight the Alton. groups have been set up all over London.

There are groups now operating in Watford, Greenwich, Croydon, Brent, Lambeth and Islington, New FAB groups are being organised in Newham, Tower Hamlets, West London, Hillingdon, Haringey, Camden and Hackney.

In colleges, FAB groups and opposition to Alton are building up. The University of London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) is producing posters for FAB. South Bank Poly, the London College of Printing, and LSE have FAB groups. The Polytechnic of North London (PNL) has passed a motion supporting FAB and the issue is being discussed in many other Student Unions.

London unions are also beginning to organise. Clerical workers in British Telecom were amongst the first to give support to the campaign. The issue is being raised amongst postal, rail - local government workers. Camden NUT offici

LIFE.

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“PHOTO; Graeme Cookson

Picket outside the LIFE rally, Central Hall, London, 27.10.87

supported a FAB picket of local Tory MP Sir Geoffrey Finsberg’s surgery. NALGO nationally and the TUC Women's Equality Committee have taken stands against Alton.

By JILL ENTWHISTLE Women’s Officer, Holborn & St Pancras CLP

Many Labour Party branches, GCs, and Women’s Sections have passed motions and circulated petitions against the Bill. This activity must be maintained and pressure must be put upon Labour MPs to vote against the Bill, particularly in light of the NEC’s 1987 statement which concedes the “right of conscience” on abortion matters to individual MPs.

‘Anti-Alton campaigners in London have held public meetings and street meetings. In some cases they have been able to link up with local anti-cuts campaigns. Health service cuts in Brent, for example, mean that there are now mo NHS abortion for women in the area — a connection needs to be drawn between the issues and the separate campaigns brought together.

The next reading of Alton’s Bill is on January 22nd. Leading up to this, on January 16th, there will be regional FAB demonstrations and activity all over the country. On January 2ist the will be

a mass lobby of MPs as well as a rally in Central Hall, Westminster, and a torchlight vigil. If the sereading is passed, a national demonstration

priority for the labour movement at all levels.

What You Can Do

* Circulate the national FAB petition.

CLPs, women’s organisations, Trades Councils,

Student Unions, ete., against the Bill and in

support of the mass lobby on January 21st.

Donations to FAB are also needed.

Join your local FAB group — or set one up in from National FAB. Also send

in details of your local activity.

FAB, c/o NAC, Wesley House, 4 Wild Court, London WC2B SAU Phone: 01 490 0042/405 4801

Hackney FAB launch meeting: November 24th, Town Hall, Mare Street Speak 1¢ Abbott, Pauline Alden (NAL Newbigging (Hackney Health Emergency), David Slo (Doctors for a Woman's Choice on Abortion) and F

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CMMOa er Ny Cuts update

Hundreds of Camden workers took part in a

their positions at the next Group meeting ‘Within the iocal Labour Par

NALGO's executive, and received messages of solidar

Dathour strike against‘ ftom UCATT, sections of 2

NUPE and the Labour Coun- ties, repeated calls for the the cuts on Thursday iors: opposed to the cuts leadership to state their “bot October 29th. policy {tom bne’” and the demand that

they begin to adopt a policy of resistance have been met with 3 wall of silence. The fact is that’ the leadership of the Group. now totally dependent

NALGO reported that |The cuts ate now effecting over, 75% ot ther witualy every ote of Counel members had refused to fecre bringing statfing levelt cross picket lines and "Some copariments down by

many sections of the Town over 50%. ‘on the hard right, are prepared Hall were entirely closed “Care centres, libraries, to carry out any Tory policies down. nurseries, and play areas have that are necessary in order 10

retain authonty ‘As the hard right. led by Councilors, Hulme and Smyth, gain asendancy within “the sultation exercise had collaps- Group, the leadership faction fed as opposition to their cuts around Dykes, Hughes. Fit. Programme has increased zgerald and Woods | has The numberof Labour adopted housing policies Councilors opposing the cuts which are patently racist, and hhas now increased fo eleven, virtually creminglised workers with Graham Good and Dave dealing with the homelessness Horan — respectively Chait crisis. nd Vice Chair of the Leisure “The laft Counciiors, calling Services Committee — joining themselves the Manifesto Kate Allen, Stova Bevington, Group, will continue to. align ‘Angela Birtil, Gloria Lazenby. themselves with the workers Karen Newbury, Sandra Plum- and the working class. con ‘mer, Caroline Holding, Graham munities who are bearing the

been either closed or reduced to @ partial service as the umber of workers is reduced. ‘The Counc!l leadership's con:

By Steven Taylor Hampstead & Highgate cLP

The leadership of the Council had done their utmost to undermine the strike distributing leaflets and newsletters to staff calling on them to cross picket lines and threatening to uss the police if more than six pickets appeared at any workplace entrance.

The rally, held in the early afternoon, ‘was attended by Several hundred strikers, 9¢ dressed by members of

‘seems likely that the Group will attempt to remove these ‘adsitional Councilors from

Action over ‘caring cuts’

A day of action Camden NALGO resulted in a virtual shutdown of Council services across the borough.

‘The one-day strike on October 29th was very well supported despite unprecedented attempts by management whose tactics included quoting Tory anti-

policies and 2 march against the cuts is. planned through Camden on November 28th.

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ot pape eres orougks ako fighting erase By Fran Mason’

staff who was upholding selecDeputy NALGO steward he industrial action as part of = Homeless Persons

longstanding dispute who opposed the 2056 cuts ‘Libraries and Arts have taken

homeless

‘Staff from the Central Estates Management section are on an all-out strike because of the failure of management and Councillors to hoaosr their assurances that a temporary ost would be made permanent.

NUPE workers in the Boiler

Section strike action over the suspension Labour Group has in store for Of four workers who were sup- the “workforce and the. local "At least 75% of all ~ Potting NALGO branch policy cOmmunity over the next year,

addressed the rally in support of

the strike and. proposed demonstration and rally for

‘Of no cover for vacant posts

Staff at the homeless persons section have been locked out of their workplace since October Saturday December Sth 10 demonstrated the solidarity 9th and Camden is providing highlight opposition to. the (of workers in the face of virwually no. service’ to the Council's current strategy

More cuts emerge

On October 27th, 200 angry Hackney ‘DLO workers lobbied the Housing Services Comlee meeting to protest about a cut in the Coun- Paco! Service Gis housing redecoration 3, programme which they Sn). believed would threaten or the Housing Commie, he

NALGO members stayed away from work and the success of the _ strike

© ban on all non contractual ss 10 conver overtime, resulting in the coi leadership edicts and cu

‘of tenant consultation posals into instant calisation of the cls

their jobs. of thee cuts pro The cut had not been put eddovnand the “The

to the recent Labour Party Officer overtime opposition, with ac guaranices

Borough Confernece which having been that staff” grading and wage

hhad agreed a redeployment agrced by a central Budget Sub- levels wil be prowected., Av

Strategy, asset sales, anda £3 Commitice effects of the cuts package Spee egeeg This left Housing Committee already agreed “in principle” — Butitwasoneof the many embers poweriew co overum fier through, “and. ae more

lunder-thetable cuts ar fed out, Party unity aro Couscit leadership begins Took increasingly shaky.

‘or even to make any protest about the effeer it will have on Service delivery

The use of central, non.

extra cuts nove emersing in

Hackney which have not

been endorsed by the Party

By Peter Chowney

Hackney Councillors

Ag Those which came to light a

the "Housing Committee Include:

HACKNEY FIGHTBACK!

No rent rise, no cuts in jobs and services! Speakers:

Martha Osamor, former deputy leader Haringey ‘Council; Jenny Rogers, Hackney Community Sector ‘ACTSS; Laurence Hemming, Council Trade Union Broad Left; Cllr. Felicity Harvest; Rose Dunn, Hackney Council DLO Worker; Tenants Representative ‘17th November, 7.30pm Hackney Town Hall

‘contractors forall but “fe and limb’ repairs, but with these repairs left undone eather thaa handed over 0;

Shutety and Adrian States. It brunt of the leadership's |

Local government round-up

PHOTO: Leesa Herbert

Haringey Labour Briefing supporters in action: running an information stall ata local festival

ringey

How we built the

fightback in Haringey

Haringey Fights Back! is now meeting weekly and is regularly attended by

sion was at hand. Either we won the Party to position of conscious and organised resistance Or we started down the slippery

‘We presented our petition in side the Covell: chamber” (19 cheers from a packed gallery), and continued the arduous work

trade union activists, Spe to tol compliance mix Scant a + Slope t0 total con of bullding a. mass tiphtback Labour Party members, theories, |) litle atic labour moweCouncil tenants, and THe isncr-Pary debate that em support ad inte te af s followed was bint. Briefing S'spac of wtchuming attacks community STOMP Seppocers organised’ at every gyrmSOf witeh hunting attacks representatives. tere 10 win support for the no Su'fndy Bur aatace Leaflets aimed at manual cits postion, tur wealvayssaw — 'grenaly Journals. workersand Council tenants Sfsrly that" the real contest yy of Accon agnian the Cutt

would take place outside the and “asked “Heringey. Fights Panty. Back! 10 co-ordinate the public We decided 1o go public and gemonstration. One Social Ser launch a broad-based anti-cuts- —Vioes Area Team Is now ON it campaign needed 10 definite strike over the vieGissociate ourselves from the timisation of a worker who fie wing Labour cuttersand:o fefused — in line with NALCO, ld the alliance bet national policy ~ to cover for a Council workers, tenants, and Roren'eaeant post servicesers which offered the "Voluntary group ure regularouly real alternative to becom Jy lobbying Committee and ing the Tories’ hatchet-wielders Labour Group meetings. Har-

are being produced.

By Mike Marqusee and Mandy Mudd Haringey Fights Back! Lobbying of councillors, public demonstrations, and direct action against the cuts are being planned Hosulty 10 Haringey Coun.

t's £15 million cuts package — in Haringey. ingey Fights Bick! is busy protopped up with radical surgery Over the summer, we produc-_yiding support and publicity to the capital programme and eda leaflet explaining the and’ inking one front of the

20 million worth of political background and im

—is plications of the proposed cits owing, ss is active and and circulated it, long with an Organised resistance 19 anti-cuts petition, throughout

Fightback with another

We are working with London Fights Back and boilding. sup port for the planned London:

‘Twelve Labour Councilors the Borough. Our presence at Side day of action atthe New xed in full Council against the public events, local festivals, ‘Year, <

Local NALGO and NUT bran- ube stations, coupled with an es are opposing the cats. as is ambitious fyposting offensive,

the local Trades Council, the made us. an

Broadwater Farm. Youth

branches aad sections are han esive, ding. out PB! material and unavoidable even organising _-mectines Presence in Haringey — and against the cuts, much to the

Association, and at least seven Grove the right” wing 10 chagrin of ‘the. nos, Council local Labour Party bra distraction? leadership and local. Party: The background 10 A succession of hard-hitting fgets, AL the moment. we can back in Harinecy — and press releases, exploiting “well 3 10 be no more than a for its relative Known Councillor” names and rantial ut active minority unashamedly alerting local of the'local CLPs, But lll

. residents to the scale of job the right wing, we are conduc ‘ound number of losses and service cuts awaiiing ting. “our eampalsa’ in he al Years, them, and a press conference \otkplaccs, the oeees, aad the

ate-capping, the with anfi-cuts councillors, ealn- community’ groupe "anal Gee

Broadwater Farm uprising. and dus local media attention Support our there is mounting senaily

Through these conflicts inks ‘The official launch mecting “Wen jack sufficient official

were forged and political con- of Haringey Fights Beck! held \ghour movement supports act

sciousness raised. A strong on September Ith, was attend- ja Niamey feunee Peed ace

sup was built across ed by over 200 local people — epenent on high level of

This group was by no means exclusively the Cohvmicnent by a Mediu etin

familiar activist fa

The launch meeting agreed a statement of purpose and asin: ple constitution and. delegate Structure for the campaign. The

fundamental q tions about the Couneil’s finan cial crisis at an earlier stage than elsewhere, and was thos in a rong position t@ defend the

Gividuals. Bue already we have treated in Haringey the bass for Slongtcem antics campain, and most importantly, helpe sive people the confidence #0

Pany's loogstanding comarit- only real dissent was from a vg Pe0le the confidence to ent {0 no cuts in jobs or ser- member of the Communist Pat- {he jobs and serves on elton vices when the crunch came, (, who fel the Council had no they/oSy shortly afer the general election choice but 10 comply with the defeat Distr Auditor and that_we

The District Auditor had should campaign ‘only’ agsinst quer sof the Council's the Tories Sreaive accounting and the | Within the week, the no-cuts budget looked in danger of be- position was overturned in the Haringey Fights ing de illegal". The new Labour Group, the Council okt ig!

Jeadership was booted out, and

the options clearly before the the cuts were passed in. full

Party'— cave in and cut, or Council. Haringey Fights

sand firm and defy the govers-_Back!, meanwhile, had mobilis:

fest apd Bring supporers of over 600 any people proopnised tha the ime of des

leader Steve King put

meets every Tuesday at 7.30 at Brabant Road Trade Union Centre,

London Labour Briefing No. 83 Nov 10th-24th 1987 page 3

GLLP Special Conference

For a socialist ‘Plan to Win’

The Greater London ts proposed solutions? One and multi-cultural events years: Walworth Road, comprising privatisation, cuts in local ser Labour Party is holding a re marred ‘We shouldn't underestimate @the GLC and ratecapping precisely those who are most vices, immigration and naspecial one-day con- S27 0F the Revional Executive Trobe. Hutto produce the campaigns wereled by the GLC een to ind seapegoasnow for Wonslcy ats ‘benefit cls, ference on Sunday —_ecrions ‘proportionaicly = — Kind of politcal analysis needed andthe boroughs — the our defeat. auclear issues, ‘attacks on civ seevlons.Proprtionately | tg'wark out the concrete tasks GLLP's role was minimal: ‘The only time the Campaign Tiberties, lesbians’, gays’ and December. 13th at the CLPs and Trade Unions from fing the GLLP, we need a @duringthemincrs sirke,the Committee managed 10 assert womme’s igits Gmacsiatey, Elephant and Castle 1610 12 each, women from$to balance sheet of the last few only solidarity events organised its role was in the May 1986 this means tne Alton Bill), rent Leisure Centre to discuss °y9"ing faiied to achieve a Years soa we caniearn from in the mame of the London borough and LEA cections; Increats, or closures and vars chiewe 2 nat we'vedone igh, wrong.or La ny were those when we did well, The ageold — jossee fig future, strategy of sight wing majority onthe REC inaitterenty. Thies ming. organied by” the London Gey for regional staff toream- "°"'Sbour wll only win elections ahour In London. this year (even after changing "Support for Labour in Lon- Women's Committee inthe face paign instead of policing CLPs in London ifs leary seen 10 By Joan Twelves the way CLP reps ate lected), gon reached ahigh point during of "weakly-concealed cynicism even les liely to become a teos'the ride ofthe people We GLLP jonal ee ae At = ae J - the Save the GLC and ratecapp- _and hostility; reality now that they will have need an alternative strategy, ee fesoluion to remove the right of 25 campaigns in 1984/5 and eduring Wapping, resolutions fo pad all thelr time supervis. bared on support for those Executive e se ee gedsceine he Ms Sadi declined sce, Be. 10 organi grafts suport ing’ OMOV. pavamewary struggle The el om the REC I capacity lect its own reps directly, the ween May 1986 and June 1987it and solidarity action were sclection. organising a Conference in The GLLP_AGM in July the eft and ave the ade "'In"trving to explain this REC representatives from the some of the major tacks we ve strategy in advance showed the two strands of union bureaucrats and regional decline, the report omits any printers’ own unions! ‘can expect form the government SLLP Conference. ‘thought about the recent. staff in control mention of the key struggles of emore receatly, the GLLP against Local Authorities. The grefang supporter need t0 be General Election defeat — | Al Labour's problems in those years: the miners" sre, refused to creuleie the leaflet inner cits will bea Key Dal: makine're Net neoltions are the left and the tight/LCC, London arc reduced to Wapping, Broadwater Farm, advertising the Broadwater tleground and the GLLP must fubmitied “to the Conference he report before the Jemography and image. ae rate-capping, fights ag Farm-sponsored March for play a leading role in stopping making it clear that the strategy 4 Conference Tort fails even to mention privatisation in the nationalised Civil Rights and Justice on the the break-up of the ILEA; but SY he’ London Labour. Paty special ference good, results, that |Party fnguatries and Tory boroughs, grounds’ hat twas these have fo be located in an Sabo epitomises one of those — membership is growing in some the teachers’ dispute. “provocative”. ‘overall strategy clearly based on. ‘e@firmiy rooted in supporting Strands. areas, or positive campaigning. "“TyT'Gestruction of London's “The report correctly identities Gefending the interests Of all gif “tragsier" suainee he It eee ibe reasons: se Senigg Cad = fen og the industrial base and health ser- one of the roles of the REC as sections of the working class Sovernment. for our defeat were allures of the national cam- ices ‘jgnored, as the allena- being to co-ordinate campaigns, agains Tory attacks. racy Os Tg CEN demographic change, poor Palen. particularly the lack of {ign of large sections of the Major camapigns on health and "It is not good enough for the jg’ wigs es organisation and an’ image [car Policy on economic and community to the political pro- policing were set up for last year GLLP to reduce its strategy to. “galing on the REC 10 Oftdivision (in other words SSALMMery |, cas NO. teal anger is wellbeforetheeition. They managing servis, Sa)ing in plepare'S dled srasey abd en en}. Ereteae is 8 indicative of the emonstrated about the acute never happened ower, only raising equal op- Preps nc at action based on pia Heft). Everyone "general tvel of dete i Tanifesations of extreme The REC's Campaign Com- portunities issues they arc Tna"wwintate for consideration is leadership, Also missing poverty and extreme wealth sit- ice wasshut down dutingthe cectorally. popular, and by uv AGM in Marcht authors of the report. iS any real undersanding of she OwSTD BME HEINE MEARS: cater wasshur down ducing the slecoraly popula A A cal It concentrates on local unique sensivity of London, as rt Gitions, and “during the Explict and conctee support, ars, gTiceune. amy, Deoperal government solely in the context the capital city, to national and “These omissions are less sut- General "Election, Instead, a has to be given 10 all those In fon of the REC atthe presen Stthe need for Labour Groups international" events and gate omisions are Jess sur= srigile sions never 1s fo make guts 0 stay in power. policies, o¢ of its multiracial Pring when sou look at the arsed cer

GLLP Annual Conference Model resolution Full house for

Resolution 1: Employment Discrimination

This Conference expresses great concern at the continuing employment h discrimination suffered by the Catholic community in Northern Ireland. The e ong arc

overall unemployment rate of Catholic males has remained two and a half

times that of Protestant males and that of Catholic women one and a half Saverei hundred people prompted the strike. it. strikers. He is also shown times that of Protestant women. Catholic males are under-represented in packed Brixton Town Shows strikers organising Scolding Thatcher for her skilled occupations and over-represented in low status, low paid jobs. Fiall on Sunday oseg: abel t> amen ae This annual meeting expresses its opposition to religious and sexual November ist to watch — Srea'to rally support for a As he angily reminds her, discrimination in the North of Irelend The Long March, a play one-day regional general “Politics s economics — 1 performed and directed strike, and constructing gantmake You Prime i 3 ir 7 by striking BTR barricades covered in shit Mirist $0 vou ¢ Resolution 2: Banning from electoral office Sarmcol workers from to repel the police The performance at Brixton This annual meeting reaffirms the basic principle of democracy that it is South Africa eRe seme ee oft wae ongariead trough for the electors to decide who they wish to represent them. This performance was fapocsene Gee Antiiiee. Siok oe ‘Annual meeting notes that where the Conservative government has the last in the strikers’ Alter they are sacked, the preceded the play with a been unable to win the political argument and the vote it has resorted to «(OU OL tain publicing —skers form thev own T. gumboat dance (aexterous measures like the abolition of the GLC, the disqualification of councillors pasts South Atrican labour dence routines) and there from office and the massive erosion of the powers of local government. mmoverent and vow to | _“way an enjoyable Socal In-the north of Ireland, alongside other abuses of civil liberties; the Resa ae continue het sua, the aera 0 mark the end government is now proposing to impose an oath as a condition of y restatement and for ‘Trades Council donated £400 Candidature in local government and assembly elections. Where the oath is The play follaws the ee es fees deemed to have been broken councillors would be disqualified and also history of the Sarmcol eine Gooch Aircn wets ae te face the threat of imprisonment or fines. dispute, trom STAs BAe 9 Bian company “The play is fas, funny and a aa ; i original refusal to and itis the BTR director in. posuionats, If you missed This annual meeting totally rejects these government proposals as 2 recognise MAW, the Tein oe eee ee assonat I you mise

serious attack on the democratic right of the electors, not the government, to decide who they wish to represent them.

The regional executive is instructed to respond along these lines to the Northern Ireland Office on this matter and to inform the NEC of this policy.

Make sure Ireland is debated! London Region LCi

eee es Tories get down to work

decision to tack all the

workers’ union, which

‘PHOTO: Ingrid Gavshon

The Tories have regained Blackpool. — which the Tories also. control of Kingston ‘A small Labour Party- moved quickly to abolish: Eouneitjust 17 months led demonstration abbied "Ba sizeable section of after their defeat in the we Council meeting on student union members May 1986 London Tuesday October 20th from Kingston Furth Borough Council Election. where the Tories’ first Education College where action back in office was ‘shortage is affecting, to change the Council's oe ae ele standing orders to remove") Campaign which the the exofficio right of the ighourmbaanent shoul By John Hayball Leader of the tiny four- actively support. Chessington South BLP member Labour Group to ‘As a result of the 2 seat on every change in administration Committee the balance of Their second by The Guildhall representation on London: election gain from tho demonstration also tide bodies is threatened tuling Alance Group in included ‘This makes the the North Kingston Tudor "®acontingent of Labour wresting of power from Ward prompted the women particularly the Tories in Wandsworth parade of the victorious prominent in campaigning at the Southfields by andidate tothe adulation for creche faites for” _electon all the more of the final day of the Kingaton shoppers and for urgent to redress the : see from The Long March in performance in Brixton Tory Party Conferences, thesWomane Commies, Kingston stuoton Ses fom Ti rg tren ps e sans

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Police beat up Trevor Monverville

Campaign of anger

The North Kensington _ ready to go to the and Paddington District barricades, itis up to Health Authorty at its Labour to build those

i October meeting barricades. and drive our Slashed £400,000 off _feint-hearted allies behind

j this year's budget. tas

' It also halted £1.7

i milion worth of scheduled _se-Sor"S=H attacking community Kensington CLP

based care — in particular SAREE

child care provision and

Surgery for the elderly. ‘Tower Hamlets DHA’s This is bad enough, But defiance is a start. If 2

at the December DHA large teaching distrct such

meeting, proposals will be 95 Ours joins the

Considered for the closure resistance, then the

Of three out of five political stakes will be

hospitals, the removal of upped decisively.

accident and emergency ‘ensington Labour

facilities from another and Party General Committee 1

the drastic reduction of ‘took the view that a ro e c a r es n ow

Campaign of Anger must 2

our acute services.

PHOTO: David Hoffmen

John and Annette Monervile; Hackney, 1st November 1987

oe ne belied, fo wove Medical Schoo! said at the the unions, the On Sunday November Ist, ‘as an excuse for the police to ‘a proper account of against the Family and October DHA meeting community, the users. | “Trevor Manervil, his beating them up. wrhat happened (o Trevor in Friends of Trevor Gute "would go tothe and anyone prepared to | rotner, Peer Thomas, and This whole incident has ‘Stoke Newington police Monerville Campaign. We barricades to defend work and fight for the a friend, Paul Rolle, were more to do with Trevor station in January. will not let this happen. ‘acute services” (just reversal of government Grrested by Hackney Police. Monverville’s campaign for The arrest of the three before he voted for the policy. justice after his detention men and the police round of cuts). ‘The Labour Party will be ‘The two brothers were by police in January portrayal of Trevor as a November 12th, at 7.30pm, ‘This ts not too at the forefront of his | eaten py palice officers resulted in a brain Gangerous criminal iy all ssior police officers wie impressive = but itis 9 campaign and will be efore being charged with.” operation, than wih the part of the process of poder tls | Tierthet mesieal opinion servingtns community — | aicmpted tobberh grievous police fighting crime. The riminalising lack people. Noots Poo! Cammanity Centre | sen Nat raat ee ac preeeel 1 Cae Cece tema Sane nive ina the The police ne ecimimoneg wectewnaeeosn Lawton Certainly make common — not by reviewing a police officer. Itis not ‘Trevor Monverville Trevor and tring {0 oe eee ae Cause with anyone to. policy, but by fighting for | musual forthe police to Campaign isnot going to discredit the Monervillc {hat ns many people a posible defend the health service the services needed by charge 2 person with die down. At some stage family in an attempt t0 peeod Uae tog, and if consultants are ‘our community. ‘assaulting police officer _the police are going to have prejudice public opinion

Stop ‘Loopy Levitt’s’ Soeiaawas :

oar te the heart of at the Public Inquiry buildings push hard up

‘The first shots have been By Dave Holland ne eaten °° | Newham’s Docklands if Predicted against Council flats in

fired in the bate to Kensington CLP Sed ot ie NUT Ee e | lowest roves socexperet_,Mewnrs, tare Seer aver Mae

i o opting out of ILEA even if ILTA) as it is for the Labow “ pressing Nicholas Ridley to have put in a bid to buy the

aoe re re age " London City Airport get change the design of the school from Newham

ve in parents, teachers and governors Party leadership. There should

ducation in Kensington Cecuricaimoppoion, rms berber ncnionin Bring | te gO ahead proposed new. Thames Council in order to build oe fmbariassing, on thisnced for a programmatic | Long before the ink was bridge linking Newham and hotel, and have already ac pumas “sovalled “"Tety"tincion of socal “Aarne obien ghee | flay alee chi'ahpent huge towors ore lowered, Souk as oF Kare Gootgs Consultation Document. ;hocls, such ss Avoadal Park, from the rit to-as be Teale! | expansion to propeller. jets will not be able toget Docks, for“ aitport Both Tories and Labour SCL Sau tn: Labour Group pat make | Ove. SO-seater., Short In, operations’ “including 2

pave called general meetings Sr Wea co Pa Tory MP, surethe Party kecps alow pro | Take OM and Landing | Once aver this hurdle, parallel taxiway which wil

aKeasingior Willians, fle" This sto woo the widest | (STOL) Dash-Zs, the airline Mowlems will submit plans significantly increase the

of thelr school governors; Tady governing bodies have abstained on Holland Park coalition of wet Tories, chur- | industry ‘the to the London Docklands airport's capacity. ebated the proposals and a governing body ‘hmen, etc. into opposiion. | developers were lobbying Development Corporation Throughout __recent round of parent” mectings | icheben the same som at >a atl te itm | hard to bring in ot. to extend the runway and events — which lay bare fave been held, on the in. hastily convened parents’ clearly resist In isthe parents we | “As early as February {the alter planning controls on an elaborate deception by Hindve sf Labour nevis, Teviees, AtHoland Park. out must nobis: we Labow Tat | airport opened in noise so as to alow injet property developers ond ies do people tank of Samrsmesh oO twcoaress GMa Sees dea | Nevernbed, glossy aircraft Government — the tDEC the government’s plans SO ake over. At the primary education. brochures and slick videos has maintained a public at far? ‘hols in the North, like Bev. Another problem isthe temp- | arguing the case for the titude of “we're on the “he opening ound tas l-_igion, parents have fevponded_ ation 0 or dies anding | British, Aerospace (BAe) BY John Turkie side of the community’. In ygnne ruetcoucked anden. warmly to Labour plass fora foratleastthelarger schools, 0 | 146, had already been Ha 0 February 1987, the thasic mesting of Labour campaign so defeat the propos- “Opt out of the opt out" At | propared is Hacky Norte CUE tpue a tatmvaper cones La Pear tee fae ey omepey aE this stage, this would be deeply | The airport developers, Clearly, Mowlems and 8 front page headline: See ee fgeet gt ene ail any possiblt: | Mowlems, are giants inthe BAe were aware that if'ex. “Jets Ban at City Airport”.

Sis for the West London press coverage and the ground ty of a mass campaign to defend

Geacnets ASacavion, Richard bas" boss prepared forthe the unary authority property world. They ere pension plans Ned been an- John Mil, the LODC vice Feschers Association, Richard has. een Orcraret parental Kemingion & Cheisea would | the developers behind the nounced at the Public chalt {former deputy leader Hawking for, Kemeasion passive, deplay of Paces! gevncefinc smalls education | £400 milion Docklands Inquiry stage, the inguiry of, Camden Council “and Labour Pasty and Nel Kearney diapprova iar mise autonies im the coumuy. Nt | Light Railway and Rave inspector might well have stil a Labour Perty

th tmpais oihe for) Yonsei tht icsanad, Foudceisoieabciers | massive invertments in come out oganet the mene ee et

the impliation Stne srussle "The comrveuon of an um- vide the Lind of sategcaly | countries as far away as STOLport altogether Saying. “Thes proposals

es eat ee ee ee oe ae | ee One way ‘or another, would be turned down flat : corn ty “taboo fibcnestmse, Buta numberof akeady. decimated. by Heat | ,,NOVEr content, Fidley will ensure the by us.”

Speakers incersened:to expose problems avail ts, aieady, Gecimaies Jy tiany | Mowlems know that use developers are not_ Never one to let his

* iiStham of paral shone of "The ILEA Labour Group, close Of the Bash? alone will hindered. The airport has politics interfere with his

the sham of parcial choke of The LEA Labows Crave. “SSfacation would get worse, | ot bring in vast profits. no future unless local peo. work, John Mills is bowing

wed by the Opt Our Plan piahich Seay cllucniip Baan Levat has sieady ex: | The BAe 14Bhastwice the ple are neutralised and to pressure and changing

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> fron neds, charges for "EX: author wee “that the politeal | Thus. the much-vaunted port canbe really pro- allowed to use the altport

trae" ike school taps or music, "AS for the leadership's wil. price for doing this willbe too | “good neighbour fitable n'the tong term. in the future, but itis clear

tras Shoes ON cs: ingneseto dump allthefaingof ‘High. Hopefully, Wandswonk | STOLport”” looks very Already, the runway _ ly premature to rule out the

class sizes and so on. progressive education, this is a will go Labour on November | much as if it was a stalking borders on back gardens possibility of this ever

‘When an angiy parent deep-seated political problem, 19th and the whole scheme of ee arin ar ie oeineke 2 me ea eS PORE Sale cares ne ned peng ny | earving ey TEER te cos 9] Soren SOS tue eine 90 Beckers ee #_ beppeee: borough would press ahésdwidh! | efunéiation! ‘Ken’ Jones was '' into deep difficu.