Reg 3 'We neea a united fight'
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"Yes I think it's quite possible that there will be a limited purge of Militant. Perhaps their full timers will be asked to "choose" between the tendency and the "Party"
If that does happen it will be full scale war in the Gwynneth Dunwoody at the Solidarity fringe meeting at the weekend (at the Labour Party Women's Conference) was calling in effect for a wholesale purge of everyone to the left of Solidarity. She suggested that anyone making any qualification at all in their political allegiance to Labour ought to be expelled.
I think the "centre left" on the NFC is also moving very fast to the right with the prospects of office as the election looms closer.
What is remarkable is that the right wing obviously think everyone on the left is a Militant supporter.
Anyone under 35, or women who wear denim jeans, or any man wearing an open-necked shirt pullover is branded as Militant. That's how ill-informed they are - and I'm not just talking about the loonies either!
What is needed now is a concerted, united campaign against the witch-hunt. I think we will have to wait before we act until after the report on June 23.
I know Militant have not waged much of a fight so far: but they must do now."