Peter Tatchell writes
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The witch-hunt can be defeated. Last year Michael Foot vowed he would 'never' accept Peter Tatchell as Labour cand¡date for Bermondsey. This week the Labour Party organisation committee voted for a new selection in Bermondsey, which will probably mean Tatchell becoming the candidate.
Behind the scanes this move is probably designed to sew up 'soft left' backing for the new register of groups in the Labour Party. But it need not turn out as intended. If wo DESPITE genocidal slaughter and massively superior numbers and firepower, the Zionist armed forces of Israel have not yet been able decisively to defeat the Palestinian and left wing resistance in West Beirut.
There are now 35-40,000 Zionist troops, backed up by campaign, we can win.
PETER TATCHELL WRITES: FIGHT THE TORIES, Nottingham Leicester Northampton Cardiff Bristol Oxford Southampton Basingstoke Brighton London Miscellaneous IT IS regrettable that when the NEC organi ation.committee met this week, it did not agree immediately to endorse my candidature in Bermondsey, as the local Party had requested.
We are fed up with the wasteful internal diversion of non-endorsement. Bermondsey members want to get on with the job of campaigning with an official Labour candidate, for a Labour victory at the next election. • Though second-best and somewhat unsatisfactory, organisation committee's decision to allow my partici pation in a new selection conference is welcome. However, we have maintained all along, and continue to maintain, that there was nothing unconstitutional about the first selection procedure.
Hopefully, the next time around, the NEC will accept the democratic decision of the Bermondsey party.
In the meantime, I will continue to campaign locally and take on the role and re sponsibilities of the nonendorsed Labour PPC for Bermondsey, as I have been doing for the last six months.
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