Election inquiry
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The General Council of the TUC has shown itself as ready as ever to resist women's rights.
The Women's TUC had called for seven seats for women on the General Council of the TUC against the two at present, to reflect the rapid growth in women trade union members.
After due consideration and bearing in mind their desire to hang on to their own seats a bit longer the General Council has agreed to five women's seats-and a delay until 1981 before this is implemented.
Dear Socialist Press, I think that the film reviews in the paper are often interesting and can provide a bit of light relief from the more "heavy" articles in the paper. There is, however, one complaint I feel moved to make about them.
In at least two recent reviews, 'Zombies' and The Empire Strikes Back': your reviewers have given away the endings of the film. Comrade Eagleton actually seemed to take a perverse pleasure in doing An inquiry has been called into the Boilermakers' Presidential elections.
The poll result was announced as a victory by 2,034 to 1,903 votes for Jimmy Murray over Broad Left candidate Barry Williams.
Murray, chairman of the General Council was confident of winning by a big majority and the narrow vote came as a big surprise to him.
But now the executive has postponed announcing the result while it investigates allegations of voting irregularities.
The allegations, if proven, are thought to affect the result. SO.
Having seen 'Zombies' after reading Comrade Bush's review I can only say it considerably lessened the tension in parts of the film knowing exactly which of our heroes were going to survive to the end.
I hope future reviewers will bear this point in mind and attempt to give us a review of the film without revealing everything that happens in it.
Yours fraternally Louis B. Mayer
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