| | New Statesman: Reds under the newly made bed - the left wing of the Parliamentary Labor Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20) |
 | | "Different people have different sticking points," says Doug Naysmith, the Socialist Health Association stalwart who now represents Bristol North-West. |
 | | In today's PLP, says Naysmith (who would not place himself on the left): "There's no organised left that isn't the hard left." That means the 31-strong Campaign Group, which counts among its members names such as Tony Benn, Diane Abbott, Ken Livingstone and Dennis Skinner. |
 | | The group still runs a slate for elections to the National Executive Committee, but is likely to lose influence if the PIP reforms go through, as MPs will no longer be able to stand in the NEC constituency section which is elected by ordinary party members. |
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