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Editorial Say 'No' now

11th September 1982
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

THE LIGHT has dawned on the Labour Party and the TUC. They recognise at last that "Transport is not a frill to the economy or to peoples' daily lives". In the TUC's conference document published this week, it also has the effrontery to state that only national and local government can take responsibility for the mobility of people.

As we reported exclusively in CM, April 3, the Labour Party is dedicated to nationalisation and regulation of transport if it is returned to power. It seems that the lessons learned since 1946, that nationalisation does not work, have been ignored. But why?

The answer is simply that the Labour Party is in disarray and its left wing must be mollified in an attempt to get some measure of unity before the next general election. To gain the support of people like Tony Benn, Eric Hefter, Judith Hart, Neil Kinnock and the other leftists on the National Executive Committee, transport is to be made the sacrificial lamb on the red-draped altar of Socialism.

The industry must mount a vigorous campaign against any return to a state-controlled transport service.

It will be sheer folly to wait until the General Election hustings start. The campaign must be mounted now. The public must be alerted to the crass stupidity of such a move. Nationalisation means pare lysation.


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