[It seems more than likely that Nuneaton's Labour…]
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It seems more than likely that Nuneaton's Labour Council was involved in the secret plans to allow National Front fascists a free run in the town on 17 August.
As we reported in the last issue of Socialist Press it is quite clear that the police knew well in advance that the NF march was going to take place in the town.
But individual members of the Council's Policy and Resources Committee are reported to have said that they knew of the planned march the previous Wednesday, the lunchtime or the evening before the march.
Ban The Mayor has been quoted in the press as saying that the Council wanted to apply for an immediate ban but that the police said they could handle it.
More significantly, a rumour is circulating in Nuneaton that a request was made to the police to keep the anti-fascist coaches out of Nuneaton!
The Nuneaton Committee Against Racism and Fascism has taken up these points in a letter to the Policy and Resources Committee.
They ask: when did members of the Council first know of the planned march and when was it confirmed? What decisions did they take to prevent the march? Did they agree to it going ahead? Did any member of the Council ask for the anti-fascists to be kept out of Nuneaton?
What steps did they take to inform the people of Nuneaton that several coachloads of fascists were descending on their town? What were the costs of protecting the fascist march, and what part of these costs will
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did know?