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of the Tory dissenters? They are not anited, but

working class. For a government representing

For months Labour and trade union leaders have been trying to get the Tories to "do a U- the main proposal is an increase in government the bosses and bankers and operating within & capital spending, to be compensated by harsher severe capitalist crisis, the options are very Top Tories Francis Pym and Lord Thorneycroft have joined the Prior/Walker faction The Tories cannot be cajoled or nudged into in criticising Thatcher's policy. Pym warned, more to the point, it will revive the benevolent reformist policies. They can only be "the British people will not be prepared for hard-pressed construction and supply beaten back, thwarted, made unable to govern very much longer to tolerate the worst effects of the recession, if there is not aclear sign that the The CBI has flatly contradicted Howe's claim There may be a majority in intluential Tory that "we are now at the end of the recession." and ruling class circles now for a change of Influential bosses' papers like the Economist line. But Thatcher and Howe have the advan- SEEN your electricity bill this quarter? Astroand the Financial Times are openly contemp- Their opponents are not very clear and con- nomical is hardly an adequate word. Last year electricity prices rose by no less than 27%. In fident, and have no leader strong enough to The Tories' monetarist snake-oil has failed.

SDP will probably take more votes from them The riots have shocked them. The rise of the point is that the Tory "alternative" is just For the labour movement, however, the main then even after these thumping increases - far Well, If you belleve the Electricity Council, What is the "alternative economic strategy" another tactic for the same aim — to restore British bosses' profits at the expense of the period — they are still in deep financial trouble. outpacing the increases in wages in the same turn". Is the promised day in sight?

sacrifice will have been worthwhile"

tuous of Thatcher's headbangers.

than from Labour.

WILD WANDSWORTH From those wonderful folk that gave you the great Council Estate Property Sales Boom - the 'intentionally homeless" line.

Mr. and Mrs. Din and family had the misfortune to live in Wandsworth - in a flat above a shop, which he family managed while Mr. Din worked full time The shop wasn't paying, the Dins got badly in arrears with rent and were threatened with eviction.

They took advice and were told they couldn't be evicted without a court order. However, things got worse, the arrears were. mounting up, the electricity got cut off, they were served with a distress warrant for rates arrears and they feared they'd be liable for costs if the landlord went to court.

So they moved out to stay with relatives in Upminster.

Four months later, unable to stay with relatives any longer, they app. lied to be housed under the Homeless Persons Act. They were told that since they had left before they had actually been evicted they were "intentionally They took Wandsworth Council to the County Court to compel them to family and won.

The Council appealed and the Appeal Court on a 2-1 majority ruled, on the narrowly legalistic view that since they had left voluntarily before they were forced to, that they were indeed "intentionally homeless"

The Dins are appealing to the House of Lords. In the meantime, if you're threatened with . homelessness make sure you're carried kicking and screaming from your dwelling in case anyone should think you're going voluntarily.

MUSICAL HIT LISTS A new game from the makers of 'Penalty!' - a war of nerves between local authorities and the Environment Minister. Here's how it's played: Michael Heseltine draws up a hitlist of councils who are dragging their feet over the sale of council houses.

The music starts, councils scramble to give assurances that they will process applications. The music stops and all those who've given "precise undertakings as to their timetables for procenoiked ofthe list, the ones who remain on are threatened with takeover by the commissioners and a new list is cuts in current spending.

This may ease unemployment Wage controls would probably also a Tory "alternative strategy"

tage of being the sitting tenants.

challenge Thatcher. slightly; profits of firms. limited.

and driven from office.

POWER AND PROFITS April they went up again by 12.5%.

Where does all the money go to? deep financial trouble.

Their accounts show a loss of £272 last year. their capitalist shareholders.

list for nationalisation? THE Iranian authorities' two most wanted men escaped from Iran and arrived in France last week.

Iran's first President, Abolhassan Bani Sadr, and the best known leader of the People's Mojahedin Organistion, Masud Rajavi, have set up a joint resistance council.

Given Bani Sadr's record as President, it is not surprising that this Cunci