Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 35. No. 12. 7 June 1972
Labour Party Tactics
Labour Party Tactics
People like the leaders of the 'Socialist' Action League who oppose public expression of support for the victory of the Indobhinese Peoples are in fact using a very old Labour Party argument. For years the Labour Party has reduced its differences with the government to the lowest possible level so that it would not alienate anyone. Of course the voters' answer to this trick is to say "There's no difference between the parties" and plump for the status quo. Likewise the S.A.L. and its "July 14 Mobilisation Committee' want to reduce the antiwar movement's public policies to the lowest possible level for fear of alienating people. The S.A.L. either thinks that people are too stupid to understand their case or they are so unconvinced of it themselves that they have to reduce it to the lowest possible level.