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ice show their voting strength THE borough election results confirm the trend of a return to Labour by working-class voters.

Towns where the Tories lost Thursday's poll nclude Barrow, Doncaster arlington and Newcastle under-Lyme. Labour increased its lead in Sheffield, which it held by only one seat in 1967.

worst results fou Labour in any post-war loca Traditional Labour voters had abstained on a massive scale, disillusioned with Wilson's policies of capitulation to the employers. The swing against the Tories has nothing to do with any growth in the popularity of Wilson's policies.

It reflects the movement in the trade unions which forced the government to retreat last on the question anti-union legislation, and which has won substantial wage increases in an effort to keep up with rising prices since then.

The Tories claim to have held ground more successfully in marginal areas, and this may be true.

The appearance of freak groups like Scottish and Welsh Nationalists three years ago 1s now replaced by a clearer line-up of class forces.

The danger of the return of the Tories al d General Election--which may now be quite soon - is the question moving workers to vote Labour. But it is here that the issue of leadership and socialist policies is decisive.

We have no wish to join in the speculation about timing or the result of a General Election.

The dangers to the workers' movement of the return of the Tories in this period of deepening world economic crisis are clear.

But the main question is the preparation of the working class for the struggles into which it is now thrust. The rise in the Labour vote is important only as an indication of the opportunities for . Marxist leadership to develop, whether Labour wins the election or not. Those who call for workers to abstain at the polls, and those who once again ask for 'unity' behind Wilson are equally guilty of politically disarming the working class in this situation.

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