hunts organised by the London party Bermondsey from Tottenham, threatened with expulsion.
The elections the smaller GLLP executive also marked a shift to the right. Jeremy Coroyn. was defeated election of the chair Glenys Thornton 138,000 to 548,000, and a right wing vice chair was A numoer or tell candidates in the CLP secregional ecutive were also defeated due to ailed let voter example.
Briefing refused to support the only contested Cancere Kingsley Abrams. As through on a lower vote than tuc combined vote for the left.
The conference was effectively stage managed to image of the London party renouncing its 'leftist' past. So resolutions opposing the inquiry into Bermondsey CLP and Calle emergency debater on the threatened disciplinary action in Tottenham were defeated.
Policies adopted WelC defending the NHS opposing the poll tax but agreed. NUPE opposed a effective action call for one day strike action to defend the NHS and this proposal was duly defeated. The conference narrowly rejected a motion for CLPs to be vote annual previous years this position has been carried overwhelming.
Nonetheless the GLLP was the only party region THERE was a significant shift to the right at this year's Greater London Labour Party (GLLP) conference on 4-6 March. The whole atmosphere of the conference was marked by the first serious witch with the suspended and Mandy Mudd, so far to adopt policy, virtually unanimously, calling tor Labour to impose a three line whip on future votes on abortion.
The left, has suffered serious defeats in London in recent years. But there some important positive developments beginning to emerge Ken Livingstone Audrey Wise Jeremy Corbyn, the Black Section. CLPD and WAC addressed the Campaign Group/ Labour Left Liaison fringe meeting. This was the biggest fring meeting even though coincided with the LCC and Briefing meetings.
At the London regional wollels Conceite WAC slate was elected to the womens places on the GLLP executive against allu Briefing slates.
These developments show that the left in London is starting to realign ILSCH WILl Tell conally This make tae marks the end of the period when its relative isolation was made worse by Briefing trying to make itself the umbrella of the lett in position it is unable to ocсиру.
The task now is to inLeciale the London Jell with the national left in the This val ly. Cal. done by developing links between the national party campaigns in the LLL, the Campaign Group of MPs, the left in unions such as the NUM ,the TGWU, and the MSF, the large number of activists in the London party.