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Not one of the resolutions adopted by the conference in any way challenged Callaghan's explicit statement that the Labour Party to challenge the right wing was offered when a debate on Ireland was forced onto the agenda.
Callaghan and the right wing went around canvaccina for VVGHELGIUUHIU Canvassiriy trade union backing in opposing the 'troops out' motion-but did not themselves dare to stand up and speak against it.
Instead they handed over their dirty work to two Tribunite left'wingers-Michael Foot and a former junior Torture Minister, Stan Orme, who loyally waded into a shameless defence of British imperialist repression in the six counties.
And only three members of a supposedly 'left wing' led NEC -Dennis Skinner, Joan Maynard and Les Huckfield-voted to oppose ine ico cauing on tne annans tha NED malline an ah conference to reject the 'troops out' motion.
This line up between the bulk of the 'lefts' ', the right wing and the imperialists on Ireland is no accident: it is in keeping with the lefts' support of