No serious member of the Labour Party can be in doubt about the danger the Labour Government is in. Election experts have calculated that it is a mathematical certainty that during the next nine months or so enough by-elections in Labour-held seats will take place to give the possibility of Labour's majority being eroded away. As critical as many party members are of the Labour Government, they realise that the return of the Tories,under present conditions, would represent a very serious defeat for the British working class, Demoralisation in the ranks of Labour, combined with _Tory confidence and arrogance, would clear the decks for really vicious attacks against the British workers and their organisations. It is precisely because the left wing realise this that they are opposed to so many aspects of present Government policy.
They are other warning signals, too. In our present issue we report the disaffiliation of the Bristol Labour Club from N.A.L.S.0O. and the Labour Party. ‘hilst there may be special circumstances and, moreover, students are usually much more volatile than other sections, let no one underestimate the danger of a certain demoralisation taking place which can hinder not only the Labour Party in general, but the left wing in particular,
Now is the time to fight, to convince people that there is a perspective of success, both against the Tories and right wing policies, The tendency to retreat, as evidenced in discussions around the race Bill and the Finance Bill, is the very worst path Labour could take. Instead it should polarise political thought by launching an attack on Tory seats of power, It is a disgrace that even so mild a Bill as Mr. W. Hamilton's move to abolish the delaying powers of the House of Lords is to be opposed by the Government, It is elementary that . Mr. “‘ilson and his Cabinet should launch a campaign against the gerrymandering and electoral manipulation in Ulster which gives the Tories 12 extra M.P.s,