WEEKLY tary, Sir Samuel Hoare, exercised his prerogative and ordered the Now a Labour Home Secretary, Roy Jenkins, has refused point blank to release the Shrewsbury 2.
Despite the protests of trade unions and a number of Mis, the Labour Government is retusing to budge. The mule of law must be up: held bleats the Labour right-wing. "Hear! Hear!" a the appreciative response of the Tories and Liberals. With a govermment like this who 'neods a National government.
the Sanday Times, quickly forgetting its advice to voters to vote lory best government to steer the country through this daunling year ts a best available in the present state of polities .. a Labour government is go vernment.
year or sü. release of imprisoned miners" pickets.
In a lengthy editoral last Sunday, ut the last election, commented: "The Labour povernment. It is not merely the best government we have but the aiso preferable to a so-called National sec them.
USEFUL JOB It couldn t have been stated more baldly. As long as the Labour government continues with its anti-working class policies, it could do a useful job fer the bourgeoisie for the next The Clay Cross betrayal was one example. The refusal to release the Shrewsbary 2 is another, and Wilson's speech attacking workers who go on strike draws these strands togetber in order to prepare an overall attack on the working class It is now clear that the Labour governent is not going to change the picketing laws, the Tribune group notwithstanding In the months ahead the police will be active in breaking up pickets (see report on Intex strike elsewhere in this issue) and the Latour government wil notstand in their way.
Meanwhile in Sudbury Prison in Derbyshire the Shrewsbury 2 have started a policy of non-co-operation with the authorities to highlight their plight and to help the solidarity campaigo outaide. The prison authorities have deprived them of 35 days remission and they are beine kept in thoir colls clethed only in blankels. Visitors are not aliowed to DENOUNCED Martia Flannery, Labour MP for Sheffield Hilsborough has correctly denouneed these mensures and so have Audrey Wise, Bob Cryer and other MPs. But issuing stutements is not gaing to get them out of jail.
The only thing which will mike the Govermment relcase the Shrewsbury is mass action ourside parlia ment coupied with disruption inside The Tribunires should and must use their strength whith could be particularly effective in view of the small majotity of the Labour Government A vigorous campaien for the Telease of the Shrewsbury 2, inside and outside parliament, would com pel the Labour Government to Telease them. Aiter all the treeing of the Mentonvile 5 is still fresh in the minds of militants in the laber moyement.
Ciay Cress, the Shrewshury 2 reneging on amending the picketing laws, Wilson's latest speech are all siens of coming explosions within the Labour Party and the trade unions. The Common Market and the mioves towards an incomes policy are going to make these explosions Inevitable, but none of this is very comforting to the two brotheis in Sudbury prison.
Welnesday's lobby stoukd, therefore, be seen as the beginning of a new campuign lo free the Two