even among NUT members, some of whom adopted a alternative" "there is Nonetheless, the deter- movement. mined opposition of parents together with UNISON and SON, members, had the beaten by strength to resist the massive London pressure exerted by the 39.9% to 60.1%. Council and the government (Labour & Tory) in trying to force PFI through.
Neither the Council nor the government will easily agree to alternative ideas for majority funding refurbishment of votes Pimlico if only Constituency soundly because to allow Pimlico to polling only 23%. be made an exception would damage the privatisation Susan Moore Party Conference in which November 11 was not a good the government's defeat over pensions was only possible day for the London labour because of the trade union Convenor of London UNI- vote - the majority of constituencies represented Geoff Martin was Blairite Chris conference supported Robbins for the Chair of the government Labour Party by insult of last year's 50p rise. This is a major turn round More significant in some from the forces throughout the whole ways than the actual outcome was the breakdown of previous period, where when the votes; Martin won the the left made advances it was of trade on the basis of majorities in (56.4%) but was the CLPs and where the trounced 1m the unions were much likely to support the leadersection, ship. It is a graphic demonstration of the changes that comes only months after Labour the Blair "reforms"
we will fight as hard as poswrought on the base of the Labour Party. Apart from the vote for Chair, other aspects of the conference were more posiat for the left the mainly thanks to the trade despite the unions.
The platform wanted to prevent any voting on resorelationship of lutions - except as a straw poll in workshops - but the unions were able to force three emergency resolutions onto the agenda. There were two resolutions more opposing PPP on the tube, one of which supported the bond option while the other, from the RMT, called for have LUL to be " retained as a unified, integrated, wholly public owned railway. Both Were passed with large majorities - though fewer voted for the bond option. An emergency resofrom the