[THE lead article in Socialist Organiser no. 110…]
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THE lead article in Socialist Organiser no. 110 denounced Peter Shore's new economic policy statement in angry tones, and some readers might have thought we were exaggerating.
So let's check against what the capitalist press said. The Financial Times was sceptical but not unsympathetic: 'All of these arguments [from Shorel can be shot down, up to a point... At the same time, however, there is sufficient in most of the arguments for them not to be completely dismissed.' The statement's main merit in the FT's eyes is its distance from Labour Conference policy: 'this is no longer quite the Labour Party of those turbulent party conferences of the past few years' The FT also focused on Sbore's shift towards incomes policy. 'Again, recent statements by Mr. Peter Sbore ... have indicated an increasing awareness of the need for wage restraint... the idea of the National Economic Assessment ... contains the germ of an interesting development.' The Guardian also gave Shore's statement the sort of sympathy that should convince Labour supporters that there's a lot wrong with THE Daily Mirror on November 29 summarised an official report on alcoholism and drink in Britain.
Three quarters of a million workers are alcoholics. One person in every four who goes to hospital has alcohol problems.
These figures don't show the worst of it. Drink problems are worse in Scotland than in England, worse still in Ireland, and worse in France too.
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Socialist Organiser no.112 December 9 198: PEre