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to kill policy in Ireland, and that Sir Kenneth Newman seems to have brought the policy with him will certainly not be at the root of any inquiry that is set up.

The Daily Mail had a detailed report ..of the events leading up to the raid. It centred on the determination of Scotland Yard's D District to take the man who had allegedly shot one of their colleagues in the groin while breaking into a warehouse.

After the shooting it says: "The next minute the horritying • truth dawned. The man was not Martin. Even worse there was no sign of a gun." (Why exactly was this even worse? The presence of a gun would perhaps have helped some alternative FE DOESETE two things. Firstly. wby the police shot the wrong man. Secondly how to avoid answering the question, what if they had shot the right man? IF THE AGM and the new Executive Committee opposes. these positions, this campaign will be CLPD only in name, but we will continue CLPD's work in a new organisation."

With these words in their statement for the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy executive elections, several members of the outgoing EC have announced an explicit threat to split if the AGM on January 29 goes against them.

The positions referred to are: that CLPD should register; that the CLPD EC should retain the right to poopt_new voting members; and that CLPD should reject resolutions critical of personal attacks and It split made by EITE CLPD officers, via CLPD mailings, STE DE AS JERT.

A split in CLPD would be a big boost to the Labor right-wing. CLPD mem bers should make sure of being present in force at the AGM to face down these threats.

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