THE ELECTION

Red Weekly No. 69, 26 September 1974 · p. 3 of the scan · 121 words

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The rest of Labour's Manifesto falls into place once the lies about the Social Contract are discarded. It's true as someone said of Wilson, that he has a capacity for making a grain of truth cover a desert ol deception. And sure cnough, onc side of the Social Contract deal is a series of concessions on social policy. In return for workers holding back on wages the Lahour Government promises to maintain living standards All the touching clap-trap about pensions, housing grants, a lump sum to the NHS, food subsidies and the ov ertures to women by promising them the moon, is supposed to be what the Social Contract is all about.

Red Weekly 26 September 1974 Page 3