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      Militant's success in penetrating the party was a textbook case of what happens when a democratic organisation lowers its guard.

Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography Bothroyd, Betty 1988

      Had Militant's Liverpool leaders played their hand differently, they might have exploited our differences to their advantage.

Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography Bothroyd, Betty 1988

Analysing its failure to make headway in Britain during the 1950s, Militant's chief strategist, Ted Grant, recalled Leon Trotsky's advice to his British followers in 1936 to organise 'a secret faction 'in the Labour Party,' regardless of how we enter '.

Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography Bothroyd, Betty 1988

      Militant's error was to sacrifice the city's essential public services to their ideological ambitions.

Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography Bothroyd, Betty 1988

Militant's lawyers threatened to go to court again and the hard left tried once more to end our inquiry.

Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography Bothroyd, Betty 1988

Such subterfuge was an integral part of Militant's approach to politics.

Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography Bothroyd, Betty 1988

Anything that deterred ordinary party members from turning up was grist to Militant's mill.

Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography Bothroyd, Betty 1988

That meant examining its operations in Liverpool at close quarters, taking evidence, cross-examining witnesses and putting Militant's loudmouths on the spot.

Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography Bothroyd, Betty 1988

      Left-wing advances in the party during James Callaghan's minority government and the impact of Margaret Thatcher's right-wing populism encouraged Militant's leaders to raise their profile.

Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography Bothroyd, Betty 1988

We wanted Militant's Liverpool leaders out of the party before the 1987 general election.

Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography Bothroyd, Betty 1988