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this will change. Labour is supposed to "convince people that there is a way out of the slump" by the example of France -where the Mitterrand government is in full retreat in face of the bosses and the bankers, and unemployment is as high ever.

Some "vision of a socialist future"!

But then 'Campaigning for a Fairer Britain is written by those same people who were responsible for the disastrous election campaign - and contains not a word of self-criticism.

On nuclear weapons, 'Campaigning for a Fairer Britain' reasserts Labour's commitment to 'a non-nuclear defence strategy. But the timescale previously mentioned - 'within the lifetime of a Parliament' - is omitted. And a number of first steps' towards nuclear disarmament are introduced:

• putting Polaris into the Geneva talks (rather than scrapping it);

• 'freezing' the arms race raber than getting rid of the nuclear arsenals) ;

• pressing for NATO to have a 'no first use of nuclear weapons' policy (rather than having no THE NEW National Executive Committee is as follows: Leader (elected separately) Neil Kinnock Deputy leader (elected separately] *Roy Hattersley Treasurer (elected by whole conference)

Eric Varley 3,583,000 votee Runner-up: Albert Boot!: 3,270,000.

Trade union section (elected by trade unions)

Alex Kitson 5,758,000 votes Sam McCluskie 5,704,000 votes Neville Hough 5,091,000 votes Ken Cure 4,756,000 votes *Tony Clarke 4,532,000 votes Roy Evans, 4,471,000 votes *Charlie Turnock 4,381,000 Tom Sawyer 4,032, 000 votes Alan Hadden 3,823,000 votes *Sid Ambler 3,483,000 votes Sid Tierney 3,441,000 votes *Doug Hoyle 3,351,000 votes. Runner up: D.Howell, 3,325,1 votes. Socialist societies (eleck! by Labour Clubs, socialist societies, etc.)

John Evans 37,000. Runner-up: Stan Newens 27,000.

Constituency Labour Parties ected by CLP delegates) Tony Benn 554,000 Eric Heffer 538,000 Dennis Skinner 534,000 *Michael Meacher 482,000 *David Blunkett 322,000 Jo Richardson 321,000 Audrey Wise 290,000.

Runner-up: J.Ashley 259,001 Women's section (elected whole conference) 4 Betty Boothroyd 4,834,000 *Ann Clwyd 4,740,000 *Renee Short 4,341,000 Gwynneth Dunwood 3,992,000 *Joan Maynard 3,793,000 Runner-up: Judith Hart, 3,664,000. plus representative from the Labour Party Young Socialists, elected at the LPYS conference. (* indicates a meer ber not on the committee in 1982-3). ainst restrictions, and the chair was worried, so he called for a card vote.

The delegate from Liverpool Walton works in a graveyard. He made a good speech, saying that the type of unity on offer now is the unity of the graveyard - lying six feet under and all facing the same way.

VIDYA ANAND, member of London Labour Party regional executive. I AM VERY encouraged by the results of the NEC elections.

But the Left has crumbled, especially in its support for Heffer. Even Meacher voted for Kinnock.

The trial of the Militant editorial board was a disgrace. Surely now we must get rid of the bans, proscriptions, and expulsions - we want unity, not expulsions.

The Party has to adopt a programme of positive discrimination for women and ethnic minorities. I was the first black member of the London Regional Executive: It really is important that we show the black population that we are prepared to fight with them.

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NUCLEAR JEREMY CORBYN, for Islington North THE LABOUR movement has got to face up to the fact that there are three million people out of work, there are school-leavers who have never had a job, there are fewer houses being built than , ever before, and hospitals are being closed.

If Labour is to win power agam, then we have to convince people that we can put forward and carry out policies that will actually bring full employment and the services that people need.

That cannot be done by a fudged reform programme. It has to be a fundamental restructuring of the economy, and a total commitment on transferring spending from defence to social objectives.

I'm concerned that there is a danger that the Party will try to fudge its way back into power, and therefore not be able to deliver on the programme we've be fighting on for the past five years.

The debate on the general election campaign was rather limited. It wasn't at all clear as to where the responsibility for defeat lay.

I believe it was a product of the failure of the Party leadership to campaign on the policies before - and indeed, in some cases, during - the election campaign, and the deliberate sabotage of ARE NO Organiser no.149 October DIANA MINNS, secretary of Hornsey Labour THE conference is going as the 'NEC would wish - but a few of the CLPs are starting to fight back a little bit against the bureaucratic chairing of Sam McCluskie.

Motions are nodded through in a way which suggests that first-time delegates can't really know what's going on. There really needs to be a proper introduction to conference for delegates, so they understand exactly what they are doing and an agreed procedure whereby the CLPs are given equal speaking time with the unions and Parliamentary The first session was a big disappointment to almost everyone in the CLPs, I think. And now it looks as though issues like the Manchester Wythenshawe won't get a full discussion. They'll just be nodded through on the final KEN LIVINGSTONE, leader of the Greater London Council.

YOU'VE got the danger of the party slipping into a repeat of 1963, where a charismatic leader is elected and the emphasis is on that particular individual.