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...Everything that is outmoded or that will hinder our progress, and everything that can be used to maintain the power and privilege of the Tory establishment must be swept away," exclaims far-left M.P. Eric Heffer. Heffer, 59, rejects the old British maxim that "the Labor Party owes more to Methodism than Marx." His view is blunt: "Marxism has been a more powerful influence...
...party's leadership is already dominated by moderate leftists who hesitate to discipline troublemakers. The 30-member national executive committee, for example, is controlled by its 19 leftist members, including Heffer and Benn. Four of the twelve major unions in the party vote consistently with the left. Of Labor's 635 constituency parties, the militants already control some 100 and carry weight in another...
Despite the protests, the young activist won the job by a 15-to-12 vote of the Labor Party national executive committee. Backing him were three mainstays of the party's radical wing: Tony Benn, Eric Heffer, and Labor M.P. Frank Allaun, a pacifist often suspected of pro-Moscow views. Bevan thus became chief Marxist proselytizer among the nation's youth. Says he: "I'm trying to convince young people to fight for real socialist policies where it counts. We have to transform the Labor Party...
...would not frighten away crucial swing-voters that both Labor and the Tories need in order to win office. A tough and shrewd infighter, he made it plain at one point that the choice was between him and the left's proposals. Callaghan won, but not before Eric Heffer, a leading member of the left-wing Tribune Group, grumbled, "Jim, you're not God, you know. I'm not even sure you're a socialist...
...ungentlemanly swipe at Conservative Party Leader Margaret Thatcher: "If the opposition wants my head on a salver, the leader of the Conservative Party will have to be a lot more seductive Salome than she has been so far." Less dazzling repartee came from left-wing Labor M.P. Eric Heffer, who responded testily to a pro-Market interjection by shouting, "Aw, shut up! Sha-a-a dupp...