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for Birmingham Hall Green. : The key issues coming over are very clear. First, nearly everyone on the doorstep knows that the Tories have made a mess of it. What they re not convinced about is that Labour's programmeris going to work.
The nuclear issuc is also coming up quite a lot. There are two sides to it. Some peoples ate getting the idea that a non-nuclear defence policy means mo defence at all. Others fear that what's been said about Polaris in the last few days weakens our commitment on getting rid of nuclear weapons;
Mick O'Sullivan, UCATT shop steward, Haringey DLO.
At present there's only a small Labour Party workplace branch in the architects' department. But. when the election was called we had a meeting covering all the council. Kevin Flack, Labour agent Lewisham East:
It's the most political campa I've been involved in. People w to talk politics. There's mas: support from trade unions : the ethnic communities. I duri't believe the national opin polls.
Save South London Save South London Hospital Campaign -lospital Campaign meets every Tuesday at Balham Food & B Co-op, High Street, Balham at 8.00 p.m. rign rant sive just lion ings on unemployment,! and there's a local "People's March next saturaay« organised by the workers themselves at one hospital.
There's a fantastic, response from Val Veness, Labour candidate for Hornsey and Wood Green:
MANDON SOUTHER. tion to withdrawal, reactions like "you're going to throw a lot of nannia nut of munel» and "Wana peupie vut ur wurk , dru On unemployment, I think the party nationally hasn't got itself One person said to me, and!
never talks about the working class, the class enemy and being a class party.
There's a lot of anti-Thatcher feeling around, but it's not neces-
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response from ethnic communitie:
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