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they are hedging on the Manifesto what are they going to do if they are elected? That's what it's all about.

Labour Campaign for Gay Rights. c. 0 61A Bloom St. Manchester Councillor Neil Taggart, agent Leeds North East Labour Party. It's been a better campaign, even than in 1979 when we reduced Sir Keith Joseph's majority and had the only swing to Labour from a sitting Tory outside Scotland. Although significant boundary changes shifted thousands of Labour supporters into Leeds East and Central and replaced them with solid Tory areas in northern Leeds, we are fighting hard.

In the Chapel Allerton ward the canvass results are the best we have ever had - better even tan for the local elections last =t. abea the West Indian -aair sis re-elected. pad arre votes than anywhere stre • Lads pouting Dennis Heaky's safe Las: Leads seat.

Joseph's appearance on platform with ex-National Front member Finnegan in Stockton and the long-standing anti-fascist record of our own candidate, leftwing Jewish lawyer Ron Sebler, seems to have made many erstwhile Tory voters in the Jewish community switch to Labour.

As one Jewish voter said: "Joseph is a traitor to the Jewish iace"

Audrey Wise, Labour candidate for Woolwich.:

It's a disgrace that the Labour wasn t available until the Friday leaflet on disarmament after May 24. We only found this out at the last minute so we were not able to produce our own leaflet locally.

We've put out several special leaflets locally - one on the proposed East London river crossing (a big new road crossing the Thames which would destroy 260 houses and 50 acres of open space in the constituency), one by a local councilior linking what the council has been able to do to local government, and others on bosses: stop various other local issues.

the BOMB.

Last week's article on the BL Cowley Assembly Plant washing- 10p plus postage from up dispute wrongly referred to 214 Sickert Court, negotiations involving the JNC': in fact the negotiations have been London N1 2SY. at the level of Plant Level Committee (PLC).

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