Socialist Organiser

The weekly of the fused Workers Socialist League, July 1981 to April 1984

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Socialist Organiser no. 150, 13 October 1983 · scan pp. 11–12 · about 179 words

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Nye Bevan once said of Wilson "I feel very proud that the Labour Party is still able to produce men like Harold."

Wilson very carefully cultivated a left wing image over the previous years. He resigned from the Attlee government over the reintroduction of prescription charges, and claimed after Bevan's death, to have assumed the mantle of Nye.

However, Wilson also cultivated the centre and right of the Party - proving behind the scenes that whatever his left-wing credentials, he was a safe candidate for leadership.

"Not only do I support the principle of a monarch in this country, but I believe it essential to democracy as we know it."

The Wilsonian affirmation of the British way of life has a tell Kinnock seen we coments hel Kinnock's recent statements on the monarchy.

Milson was concerned with image. Thatcher's presidential

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