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Labour rebels plot new party as Foot pleads unity
London AP reports a split in the Labour Party with four right wing figures Roy Jenkins David Owen Shirley Williams and William Rodgers forming a Council for Social Democracy while Shirley Williams hints they may quit. The group seeks a center path between Thatcher’s Conservatives and Labour’s left, amid reforms favoring unions in electing a leader and fears of losing middle voters.
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London
Labor Party
Michael Foot
Shirley Williams
Britain
Council For Social Democracy
Roy Jenkins
David Owen
William Rodgers
Democratic Socialist Party
Margaret Thatcher
House of Commons
Members of Commons
European Economic Community
Owen
Williams
Rodgers
Labor
Commons
David Steel
Liberal Party