turopeal harsher ATRA TE WELFAR Fighting for a genuine People's Europe: Alan Simpson MP with the Euro marches in Amsterdam last month year's conference. There are even promising signs from the Parliamentary Labour Party, where an increasing number of MPs - from a range of different standpoints - are beginning to defy the threats and pressure of the whips, and to speak out independently against government policy on issues including the 'Welfare to Work' proposals, the Maastricht Hands up for the powers of Labour Treaty and support for strikes. Ken Livingstone has even attacked Gordon Brown's Budget.
The unions, too, are showing the first signs of digging in to defend policies which run counter to Blair's policies. As we go to press thousands of BA staff are headed for a showdown with a scab-herding, union-busting management that is relying on the Tory laws which Blair