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The London Labour Party conference last weekend (March 3-4) voted unanimously to support Liverpool City Council - and, though it was unfortunately only at a fringe meeting, Ken Livingstone replied to a question from Councillor Chris Hickey by saying that he would personally move a motion in the GLC Labour Group to support Liverpool.
Proposals to send delegations of councillors and workers to Liverpool, to show support from sections of the London labour movement aroused interest.
The continuing problems were summed up by John McDonnell, chair of the GLC's finance committee. Speaking from the floor in the debate, he urged delegates and councillors to "follow Liverpool's example. Follow Liverpool's example when it comes to April next year."
Next April Liverpool might be in "the forefront" as Ted Knight said, but the London coun clls were only going to join the battle a year later!
In the meantime, the Greater London Council had offered to help finance Liverpool's shortfall in government ISN'T family feeling a beautiful thing? What would Mrs Thatcher's cherished Victorian values be without family feeling? And what would Tory family feeling be without Victorian values? Like, for example, the 11th mandment which tells Don't get caught?
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