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Not even a talking shop

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Discussions of programme or party were cut off in mid-flow. Chris Strafford reports on the Convention of the Left The Convention of the Left was launched with much fanfare on September 20 2008. The hope was that local left forums would spring into action up and down the country to help coordinate united front campaigns ...

Convention talking shop

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Serious rethink needed - not platitudes, writes Chris Strafford The forthcoming Convention of the Left (CL) - organised in Manchester as a ‘counter-conference’ to the Labour Party’s annual gathering from September 20-24 - has been touted by some as the first step towards yet another halfway house unity project. Unfortunately, we all know that principled unity has ...