capital, all were involved in it when active in Labour politics, and all have departed for it. Marsh and Robens moved easily into the nationalised industries. Thomson moved with Peel and Paynter of the trade union bureaucracy, into a position in the state apparatus, It is these elements who dominated the 1964-70 Labour Government and now find their successors in Jenkins-Prentice.
These elements within the Labour party are in no doubt as to where their loyalties lie. Prentice's call that 'the moderate members of the party must stand up and be counted and his attack on 'the sillier forms of trade union militancy, were a direct call for aid to the ruling class in its crisis. Equally obvious was the immediate support Prentice received from Sir Reg Goodwin, Labour leader of the GLC, and 23 other local government leaders and prospective Labour candidates. Their letter to Wiison began: We, as Labour councillors and prospective Labour candidates are writing to you to express our unequivocal support for Heg Prentice's brave and truthful speech about the sillier forms of militancy.
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