Former P.M.s lead revolt
NZPA London A group of Opposition Labour Party' parliamentarians. including two former Prime Ministers, have rebelled against the party line on defence and launched a campaign against unilateral rejection of nuclear arms. James Callaghan. Sir Harold Wilson, and more than 20 of the party’s 239 members of Parliament, have formed the Labour Defence and Disarmament Group to try to persuade the party leadership to adopt their view in Labour’s General Election manifesto. The group, which includes all previous Labour Defence
Ministers still in Parliament, wants to overturn a conference resolution committing the party to dropping Britain's independent nuclear deterrent. Disarmament, in particular, N.A.T.0., plans to deploy American cruise missiles in Britain, is likely to be a serious issue in the next General Election, widely expected later this year. One of the members of Parliament, John Robertson, said that the party was being grossly dishonest and inconsistent in wanting unilateralism and continued membership of the Western alliance, which favours a multilaterist approach to disarmament.
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Press, 4 March 1983, Page 9
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