Official Strike
Socialist Organiser1981 1981-09-17Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 11 →
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T.G.W. IINION Tunnel O'Halloran, of course, is 100% against abortion. He promised to see a deputation from the lobbyists, but reneged on the promise and tried to get away without seeing them.
Some of the women, seeing this, tried to intercept him. A minor scuffle followed: the women insist that O'Halloran hit out at them.
O 'Halloran then wrote to the NEC, claiming that he had been beaten up by an anti-Catholic mob, and implicating Keith Veness. Veness and others accused were forced to take out a writ against O'Halloran.
Clearly O'Halloran was trying to poison the NEC against Veness so that his appeal would be turned down.
Delayed by this ploy, the appeal finally won in 1978. But it made no difference to North Islington: they simply refused to take Keith back. Eric Heffer came down, but he couldn't get the GC to comply with the NEC's instructions.
Amid bedlam he suspended the Party for two months. After this period the suspension was re-imposed, as the GC still would not accept Keith as a member of the Labour Party. There were no meetFOR THE first time ever, Labour Party conference this year will start on the Sunday evening at 5.30 pm with the election for the Deputy Leadership. It is important that all delegates arrive in Brighton in plenty of time, to ensure that no votes for Tony Benn are wasted. To help this London Labour Briefing is offering delegates the possibility of free accommodation in London on the Saturday night |26 September), so it will then only be a two hour journey to Brighton on the Sunday:
morning.
Details of this accommodation can be obtained from: Jeremy Corbyn, 01. 340 9069 (before Friday , morning, September 25).
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