Grant comes clean
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LAST WEEK we reported on Labour MP John Grant's indignant letter to his constituency party in Islington Central, demanding to know 'what steps would be taken' about the fact that a member of the party GC, Rachel Lever, was a Trotskyist.
We asked what steps John Grant would be taking - towards the SDP, or where?
Now John Grant has given his answer, by joining the SDP - Just atter one other parting shot, his postal vote for the Shadow Cabinet elections!
Grant is well qualified for a leading role in the SDP not only by his political morals but "also by his strong connections with right wing trade union leaders. He was front bench spokesperson on Employment, a former industrial correspondent of the Daily Express, and also responsible for producing the newsletter of the right wing Labour Solidarity faction.
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