[The | opposition of the "lefts' to Callaghan…]
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The | opposition of the "lefts' to Callaghan at last week's Labour Party National Executive Committee meeting melted away before it even started.
Six of them, anticipating fight might be on the cards dic not even care to turn up.
As a result, Callaghan com manded a majority which over ruled every item of policy which the 'left'-dominated home policy committee had proposed.
Instead the NEC substituted support for all the major item of the Labour government's anti working class policy.
Even more serious was thi announcement of a deal, evident ly concluded secretly in advanci between Callaghan and Benn which would effectively kill of the already paralysed NEC anc lead to the surrender of all it power to the Labour Cabinet.
Callaghan announced - withou dissent - that from now on an! statement of the NEC should b considered at the most as som long term goal on the distan horizon.
And Benn proposed (tr approving murmurs from th right) that if in future any NEI policy statement appeared to con Flict with the policy of the govern ment, then the Cabinet shoul have the right to publish it present policy in the sam document as the NEC statement!
So much for the prospect of "left wing takeover" of th Labour leadership - even bodie on which they have a majority at handed back to the extrem right-wing!
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