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THE "BECAUSE the Labour Party now has a political majority he now wants to get rid of police committees.

When Labour wins the next General Election, will he [Manchester police chief James Anderton] want to ret ria of the House of lommons?" asked Peter Manchester police chairperson of the committee, this week.

The least that can be said is that Anderton is clearing the rails for that.

'In a statement issued on Tuesday 16th, he called for the (partly) elected police committees which noW exercise a very limited supervision over local forces to be abolished and replaced by non-elected boards.

"A quiet revolution' is taking place around us and the prize is political power to be wielded against the most cherished elements of the establishment, including the monarchy.

"It is as much the duty of the police to guard against this, as it is to guard against crime. [So much for the police being nonpolitical!] I sense and see in our midst an enemy more dangerous, insidious and ruthless than any laced since the Second World War"

by John Wilde land'. He also led the recent Polish solidarity demonstration in Glasgow.

The Hillhead Labour Party women's section have produced their own leaflet, and organised an election meeting on women's rights.

With the last days of the election campaign coming up, a series of meetings are planned on women, education, and disarmament.

Labour has a good chance of winning this election if the policies are fought for. A victory over the SDP multi-coloured swap-shop and the past dominace of the Tories in Hillhead would certainly be an encouragement to the Scottish labour movement.

developed into a speech against the motion, and he was again challenged.

Finally, Johnny Walker from ASLEF, introduced as someone with 'an outstanding record on international remitted.

But his appeal for it to be remitted was no more successful than the executive's recommendation of a vote against, and the composite was carried on a card vote.

by Martin Thomas It is the same line as used by Turkey's military dictator General Evren - the politicians are leading us to chaos and the men in uniform must intervene to save the nation.

Anderton's views are -we know - shared by judges like Lord Denning and generals like Frank Kitson. The hard reality exposed by their threats and speeches is that the power of the ruling class does not rest essentially on votes and Parliament, but on a permanent state hierarchy, ready to use violence to defend that power.

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