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From: ptodd@tekchips.UUCP (Philip Todd)
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Subject: Re: Air raid on Libya
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Date: Mon, 12-May-86 14:24:29 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 12 14:24:29 1986
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Summary: British Labour Party Commies?

In article <778@kontron.UUCP>, cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
> > I agreed with everything said in the article except this:
> > 
> > >
> > >Not likely (because of their ties to Kaddaffi), but a 
> > >Labour Party government in England at this point can't 
> > >be distinguished from a Communist government by any
> > >reasonable measure.
> > >...
> > >Clayton E. Cramer
> > >
> > >"Beyond gravity -- a new way of thinking."
> > 
> > 
> > Don't be stupid. I voted Conservative, but I would have to admit that 
> > very few members of the Labour Party can be described as Communists, no
> > matter how misguided their policies. They are 'Socialist', that much they
> > confess themselves.
> 
> Didn't the last Labour Party platform include declaring Britain a nuclear-
> free zone?  Removal of US bases from Britain?  How long do you think 
> Britain would remain in NATO if the Labour Party won the next election?
> 
> Clayton E. Cramer


So it is now considered communist to be a nuclear free zone, or to be 
outwith NATO.

Pretty soon the definition of acommunist country will be one which is not
the U.S.A.

Phil Todd