FLASHPOINTS of what threatens to be a remarkably dull Labour conference, with the left still reeling from the Clause Four defeat, will centre on issues where it is possible Blair's leadership could be overturned by a combination of CLP and unIon votes.
This in isself is likely to be the subject of further debate, with moves before the conference to reduce the union block vote to 50 percent -and the implicit ambition of Blalr and co. to reduce it still further as they cut the Party's Tinks with the unions.
On policies, the most likely setback for Blair is on strong CLP support for naming an hourly figure of 84 or above.
But there could also be a revolt over the Party's feeble policy statement on Edutailure to side unambiguously with the parents, gor. ernors, teachers and students tighting Tory cuts. A FACE tringe meeting will into action. resolutions which go well beyond the timid line of Blair and Jack Straw in opposing racist immigration fOr Labour laws and state racism, including a motion calling for the closure of the notorious Campsfield immigration prison.
Labour's policy for the which effectively accepts