The final conclusion that the Benn letter fails to draw is the need for the removal of Wilson and his allies from their positions of leadership. The price that the labour movement has to pay for that leadership is there for all to see - swelling unemployment, lowering living standards, decaying social services, the deliberate flouting of the decisions of the labour movement's organisations, and a reactionary foreign policy Labour MP Sid Bidwell, speaking about Benn's appeal to keep per sonalities out of the argument, commented: "There are those who are collectively responsible for turning away from the Manifesto, and this means that the battle for the removal of the right-wing leadership must be intensified.' Bidwell is absolutely correct on this matter. There can be no serious opposition to the anti-working class policies of Wilson and company that does not include the fight for their removal. If Benn really really wants to defeat the right-wing policies of the Government, he should resign forthwith and help to lead that essential fight.
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