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| − | [[The Red Front]] was an ostensibly broad coalition lead by the [[Revolutionary Communist Party]] which stood in the 1987 General Election and in some other byelections at the time. | + | [[The Red Front]] was an ostensibly broad coalition lead by the [[Revolutionary Communist Party]] which stood in the 1987 General Election and in some other byelections at the time, such as the Knowsley North by-election on 13 November 1986, in which the RCP candidate [[Dave Hallsworth]] gained 2.1% of the vote coming fourth after the conservatives with 644 votes.<ref>Britain Votes/Europe Votes By-Election Supplement 1983-, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1985)</ref> |
[[Image:The Red Front.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The cover of the [[RCP]]'s ''The Red Front: A platform for working class unity'', their 1987 election manifesto.]] | [[Image:The Red Front.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The cover of the [[RCP]]'s ''The Red Front: A platform for working class unity'', their 1987 election manifesto.]] | ||
==Critics== | ==Critics== | ||
Revision as of 12:19, 7 January 2011
The Red Front was an ostensibly broad coalition lead by the Revolutionary Communist Party which stood in the 1987 General Election and in some other byelections at the time, such as the Knowsley North by-election on 13 November 1986, in which the RCP candidate Dave Hallsworth gained 2.1% of the vote coming fourth after the conservatives with 644 votes.[1]
Critics
The Red Front was not widely supported on the left. Among its critics the Alliance for Worker's Liberty described their campaign as 'by far the most incredibly stupid prank of all', granting however thaty they were 'more consitent' than the SWP in that they 'opposed a Labour vote'. 'They stood 14 candidates (which must have cost a lot of money), most of whom got around 200 votes - except in Knowsley North where they got 538'.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Britain Votes/Europe Votes By-Election Supplement 1983-, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1985)
- ↑ Election '87: A test for the left workers' Liberty, No. 7, P. 4
