Postal workers are not ready to gò along with their leadership's line of waiting for a Labour government introduce a curfew on young people, and turn the House of Lords into the biggest quango going by making membership by appointment only.
Then there are the 'promises' which aren't - 'create a publicly owned railway system as economic circumstances allow and the best or all there will be as great a priority attached to seeing the peace process in Northern Ireland through under a Labour government as uncer me conservanves There are one or two commitments. Most of them on education - motivated by the need to Improve training and the The job of socialists is education of a not merely to workforce Britis denounce the capitalism is to be manifesto, but to competitive. The minmum wage explain why we reject is there with the level decided Blair's whole project according economic circumstances and with the advice of an "independent' Low Pay commission', i.e. with the bosses having a big say. None of these conflict with the needs of modern capitalism - which is why Blair is happy to spout them.
As manoeuviot rey on ie to endorse A year of Socialist Outlook and Then of course, there are the missing commitments which we never expected to see. No commitment to full employment, only to me long-term unemployed. Young people will be forced to do education or training in exchange for benefits, without even a vague promise of jobs at the end. Trident will be kept, and despite a lot of verbiage about poverty increasing under the Tories no measures to abolish it.
Over 100,000 people rang hoping to talk to Blair after his party political broadcast. A small indication of the gap between socialists who reject 'New Labour' millions who will vote for it. The job of socialists is not merely •enounce the manifesto, but to explain why we reject Blair's whole project. We need to link up with those fighting for policies which really address the needs of the working class. The best way to force Labour to carry out such policies is by beginning the fight for them now under the Tories. This year's essential summer reading will will hold your interest for a full