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BATTLE FUn Paper of Socialist Students in NOLS. 10p plus postage from Andy Bennett, DSU, Dunelm House, A DRAMATIC breakthrough for world peace could be in pect as three vital cogs in the complex workings of world leadership fall into place. *In Moscow, 72-year old Konalliance' ', 'Popular Front'.

stantin Chernenko, the 3-1 favourite took first place in the Soviet leadership race. *In London Buckingham Palace announced a new contender for the British throne would be born next September. *In Sarajevo, Jayne Torvill bureaucratic tyranny in the USSR. and Christopher Dean clinched the Olympic Gold Medal in ice dancing.

Leading British experts on the Soviet Union are at their wits' end appearing on 17 different TV and radio programmes at once to explain the new Soviet leader, about whom they know nothing.

Most tried to repeat the perfrom both factions. formance they gave on the accession of Andropov, but the marks this time were not quite so high.

STATETNE The absence of a KGB qualifINDINN NAB CENTHE PAUL.. .... uArilS ication has cost the new champion an extra frizzle of excitement.

In Red Square thousands of people passed by the body of Andropov. The symmetry and haughty beauty of the Red -hat Sament in NOLS Ineue 2 Decansber January 83:84 10p Guards was equal to their 1982 • performance.

It was, however, a stroke of genius this time to give the whole iyıng-in-state and funeral display NGA- to the haunting strains of Ravel's Bolero - a daring piece of choreography which brought tears to the eyes of the watching millions as the Red Guards did their slow march past.

The music had the added advantage of lasting three whole New Elvet, Durham. days. OMI Despite speculation about a new breed of leadership, ready to break through at the championships, it was Chernenko who found most favour with the judges. He scored an unprecedented eight 6s and one 5.9 for technical merit.

The Polish judge - the sole dissenter from maximum marks - was taken ill with lead poisoning before the marks for artistic interpretation could be given and here Chernenko scored straight sixes across the board.

But even as this competition was reaching its climax the race for the British Crown was thrown wide open. The performance given by Princess Diana and Prince Charles is much more andante - another seven months o." mind-numbing boredom watching every move and discussing every minor step on the path to their next child. Some people complain this is not sport at all but it is attention to detail on this scale that has given the British Royal Family its record of success.

Even if the new baby does not succeed in becoming i boy it is already assured of third place and a bronze medal in the accession to the throne.

There is no dependence here on adjudication from judges. The Royal Family does not depend on subjective impressions of quality. The new child will therefore be much more confident that it really is a champion and not the product of favouritism.

Its qualification to rule will depend on answering correctly two questions: are you extremely rich? and is your father king at present? - both questions the child will hope to answer in the affirmative one day.

It will then have only one father and one brother to clear out of the way to reach the top of the ladder.

Torvill and Dean must decide what will be their next step on the international scene after their triumph this week.

It is thought they will visit Moscow for talks with Chernenko before returning to London for a performance of the Royal Wedding on Ice - an old favourite nearly as famous as Britain's 1966 World Cup win over Russia. (Due to anti-war feeling still prevalent in the 1960s, the British population was led at the time to believe that the opponents were from West Germany).

President Reagan, due to go for Gold in nis internal competition next year, watched the outcome of these races with interest. He is said to be dismissive of Torvill and Dean since their medal success rested simply on an ability not to fall on their asses every two minutes. He also attacked the result of the Moscow games, saying that once again they had chosen a winner too old to be capable of any fresh approach. President Reagan dismissed criticism that he is the only man in the world known to be older than Chernenko by pointing to the much more advanced state of US technology in the vital field of make-up and face lifts. constituency, district, borough and county parties and all formal and informal groups and tendencies within the party who face harassment, victimisation, disbandment or expulsion, on constitutional and" legal matters.".

Other decisions at the meeting were:

*To advise CLPs to demand proper time for discussion on the NEC' s consultative document on affiliated organisations and reject the March 1 deadline as totally inadequate.

*To launch a new appeal for sponsorship. At present 57 CLPs nationally are affiliated, but far fewer wards and trade union organisations, and only 45 individuals.

*To schedule the next National Council meeting for Saturday April 7, to discuss LAW model resolutions for this year's Labour Party conference.

The date is early to get round possible disruptions in the normal CLP schedule for dealing with Conference resolutions (June round of meetings) because of the Euro-elections on June 14. The deadline for Labour Party conference resolutions and nominations is July 6.

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