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Tory government is monet- Tride lenty of money for know that Denis Healey spent by the State, about pioneered monetarism in 10p goes on arms and rather Britain, and is still a monet- more on interest payments. arist. The NHS gets about 8p. Tory cuts, with a £2400 bution of wealth, are skewed million package in 1976, this way because British introduced on the orders of society is organised round the IMF. the pursuit of profit. The All he offers now is the truth is that we can't afford can't afford" decent public - Labour has tried to run services any more. But there capitalism in the past, and it is plenty of wealth in Britain doesn't work any more. Now - in the pockets of the top is the time to transform shares, and 84% of the land. ownership and democratic The banks are turning in workers' control of major And there could be a lot massive expansion of public more wealth produced - it services, and a system of only the chaos of capital- cutting hours with no loss of ism had not thrown three pay to ensure a worthwhile THE TUC and Labour Party conferences want immediate withdrawal from the EEC. Denis Healey is 100% for staying in.
He scarcely even bothers with the, "internationalist" phrases which some EEC supporters use. He is for the EEC because the majority of the capitalist class is for the EEC, that's all.
He is for the EEC for the same reason as most leftwing activists are against it: because it represents, and organises, multinational capitalism.
Most people on the Left believe that withdrawal from the EEC would be a blow struck against multinational capitalism.
Some (including some Socialist Organiser supporters) think that it would counterpose national capitalism against multinational capitalism, and yield no advantages for the working class.
But that's an issue to be debated in the labour movement. For now, the policy of the labour movement is for withdrawal. And the movement has the right to demand a leadership that will carry out that policy.
The Tory government each pound Policies, and the distrithe profit system any more.
As Tony Benn points out We need collective industry and the banks, job for everyone.