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THE most difficult


. thing to do in politics'is to see.the point of1 view ! of one’s opponent's.


So I, must confess .that|


last'-week,- as discontinued withsmy,.programme of vil­ lage visits in theJ consti-J. tuency, I began,to think? that? very, soon: I .should be ! back in those' same v i l /


. lages, but. making- election® speeches.


’ ;; However,.' it .was not to '


be. The Prime•■ Minister, fo r the most obvious:', reason, has decided that he ! will not have a General® Election — because if he did, he would lose it, and;! no longe r be P r im e Minister. Now Michael Foot, on


.concehtrate»his?‘h6pes’>'ori^ •


cthe SNP,vPlaidiCymru;Lpr®?i Ulster Unionists:^; a curi®f|


•ous: situation as;. whatever i f , else - I | might..think/about ®


the ...Liberals; -.Tj.recognise 41 that’1 they'/ are’, concerned ||


ju s t ; as. Conservatives sand / Socialists a r e . • The Scots, 'Welsh’ and- *


with Britian as-a whole,'-® •


■ Ulstermen are not'/ Cer-& tainly the first two are®! i entirely motivated by what !:


, tem for their- ownVcoun-' • • -tries: That1 obtained; they -: /will then shake the dust of '• Westminster off their feet


- they think they can get’ out- • of the present British sys- -


• • Ulster,.Unionists: seem to forgetiis that a,large part• ? of that battle is fought by


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television, would have us believe that the’ specula-! tion and rumours about an . election, which have been mounting this summer, are , all creations of the wicked newspapers, against'which/-' he now has a prejudice, .. although he used to write for them quite happily at one time. This, though, is non­


sense, ; as with Britain ruled by a party without a clear majority in the ■ House of Commons, there is bound to be the possibil­ ity of an election every, time it looks as if the Gov­ ernment is likely to run short of supporters from one or other of the. minor­ ity parties. For the last 12 months


this support has been pro­ vided by the Liberals, ostensibly to help bring down the rate of inflation. Now David Steel, no


doubt for a combination of reasons, has removed that prop, publicly and offi­ cially. The question is, where will Mr Callaghan find another?


• There is no.other United


Kingdom party available,' and even if there were, it is very doubtful if it would have been prepared to take oyer the role of the Liber­ als, losing popularity themselves as they , sus­ tained in power an unpopu­ lar Government., So M: Callaghan will have


On the trail —]


A NATURE trail, and camp fire were just two;of the activities enjoyed by Clitheroe and district Cub Scout. Sixers during a weekend at-Bowley Camp. Sixers from most packs were represented, and worked on efficiency, home help, handyman and scientific- badges. Mrs Jean Bentley, of the Loyola pack, was: pre­ sented with the wood badge to mark the comple­ tion. of her training as a Cub-Scout leader.


Raise £90


WILLING helpers and willing buyers enabled: St James’s Women’s Fellow­ ship, Clitheroe, to raise £90 at a jumble sale in the junior school. There was a good-as-new stall and refreshments were served.


ABOUT 25 0 people attended a cheese and wine evening at “ Pil-


:: as’quickly as possible: ’ • ?' ' . Some-will; then hope for complete independence, .others for something short • of that, some would like


Right-Wing' p o l ic ie s ;' others Left. But whatever their internal ambitions they want-to say goodbye to • Mr Callaghan, Mrs Thatcher and Mr. Steel and the rest of us as quickly as possible. The Ulster Unionists


present a different pic­ ture. They, of course, do not want to be separated from the United Kingdom,


. indeed that is the last thing they want, as their fear is of being swallowed up by a United Ireland. Neverthe­ less, they are likely, on a population basis, to see created more Parliamen­ tary seats under ■ devolu­ tion than they have at pre­ sent, and naturally they would like to increase their power and leverage. •


However, they are


hardly the most likely allies for a Socialist Prime Minister, as, doctrinally; they are mostly rather old- fashioned Right-Wing Conservatives. Sometimes, unfairly no


doubt, English MPs find them even more parochial in their attitude than the Scots and Welsh. The affairs of “the Province,” as they call it, seem to blot out consideration of any other wider issues. What we forget, however, is that province is fighting a battle against organised terrorism; though what


.. soldiers drawn from- all p a r ts of the United Kingdom. These, then, are the


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' - ", Still,-the Queen’s Speech /'/'^ShtingaGenerabElbction


Division MP il:,OppqsitionkParties/will '/•'/remain; alert; and, ready! as


1 they.'haye-'done: this-sum-


-Nationalist MPs. - -r, .The first test will be the • passage of the Queen’s


, choices of partners for the1 r Labour Party when Parlia­ ment resumes in the autumn. On ’ the face of it': the prospects are not very promising and so many of the considerations seem ‘ such a very long way from; the concerns, as expressed to me, of my constituents. They are worried by still present inflation, by mas­ sive unemployment, by the burden of taxation, and are not in the least cheered by the announcement that next year’s norm for pay r ise s will not be the expected 10 per cent but exactly half of that. Overall, unlike their


Ministerial masters, they are not obsessed by the division of present wealth, but are much - more con­ cerned with the creation of more national wealth and prosperity which can benefit individuals and, through Government agency, can be spent on a great number of worth­ while projects from hous­ ing to education. - Basically, they are no


more satisfied than I am with what seems a stag­ nant society: Yet the opportunity to discuss these matters, and to vote upon them, is delayed while we wait to see the . result of a referendum in Scotland and in Wales and see what persuasion. Mr Callaghan can bring to bear upon a handful of


' Speech, / which r announces the legislative programme; of the Government for,the next Session; It is hardly likely that; even 1 Mr ■ Gal-. Ia g h a n , who u nde r pressure of, events has unwillingly moved from


/Left to Right,, could pro- . duce the programme that . would not be .voted against by Conservatives. Liberals could well, I suppose, abstain.


Wo u 1 d u l t r a ­


c o n s e rv a t iv e U ls te r Unionists, perhaps per­ suaded by some convoluted arguments from Enoch Powell, actually come out in support?


Paradoxically though,


Scots and Welsh National­ ists might vote for the referendum, which will be


goes against them they will then be frightened of pro­ voking an election in which they would be likely to lose their seats.


Ea r t of the. Queen’s For all I know, this may


be one of Mr Callaghan’s cynical calculations, giving away, with an avuncular smile, a couple of gift- wrapped time bombs. I do know, however, that it is a long way from the real problems of the whole nation. Certainly it will be a


watered down Queen’s Speech, full of l i t t le goodie s, of no great importance, which could be put forward by any party, but designed to maximise support where ever it may


peech. But if the result


m e rA g a in , to counter another,.of. Michael/Foot’s


;i'Arguments;::,we ’should- have looked indifferent fools if we had not done so.


•. I f , : however, the Queen’s .Speech is not defeated, Parliament will continue to sit in a state of what the Army used to call:■ “sus­ pended animation”.


. y. Bearing in mind the likely problems of the com­ ing winter it is not a very satisfactory situation for


. 'the nation. The opinion polls told us, the day after the Prime M in is te r ’ s broadcast of his decision, that the country was almost equally divided as to whether there should have been a General Elec­ tion or not.


Now, of course, as a


Conservative MP I should have liked to see an elec­ tion campaign commence the next day. But I think I can understand that almost equal division of opinion. So, I imagine, can Mr Cal­ laghan, and it must have come as a disappointment to him. A good majority in favour of his not holding an election must have meant sat isfa c t ion with his policies and government.


So: I am afraid he will


now hang on to the bitter end, just so long as the curious set of combinations I have described in Parlia­ ment will permit him. In consequence I think the end will be both bitter and confused and Mr Callaghan will live to regret his deci­ sion — for people of all parties in Britain expect political leaders to put country before Party inte res t , and not the reverse.


C L I THE ROE Mayor .


Coun Bob Ainsworth- is I planning a trip to the site of the D-Day landings in Normandy — ,and he wi l l , be glad of the company of


people in the area. Coun. Ainsworth pi__


to cross the Channel for three or four days next June. He will visit one beach at Arromanches where 12,000 troops were killed in one day' and another site at Omaha beach, where the Ameri­ cans landed. He has vi si ted the


beaches many times and stresses that, the trip is purely a personal one. Anyone who goes will have to pay, their own fare and accommodation fees. / ’ “It’s well worth the-visit


and I hope that some local people will join me,” he said.


Decorations


THIS year’s Christmas crib and trees in Clitheroe centre — put up last year for about £770 — could I cost more than £800. . Despite the “staggering”J i n cr e a se , howe ve r,! Clitheroe Town Council is to go ahead with plans for |y] the traditional decorations.


Make mowing!


replace fines —COUNCILLOR


YOUNG offenders could be sent to mow pension-1 ers’ lawns if a Clitheroe councillor has her way.


Coun.. Mrs Beryl Cas­


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-.continued for'four-days and’brought many; former‘residents back to the;'vilIaeetoT A


CELEBRATION’ of the 600th; anniversary of 'St ‘MichMl’s’iChurch'/ Whitewell" I a


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jointly organised by the village Playing Field Management Commit­ tee and the football club and they will share the proceeds of more than £ 2 5 0 . A t t r a c t i o n s included a tombola, a


raffle, a bring-and-buy stall and several games and competitions. During the evening


playing fields Commit­ tee chairman Mr B . Bristol presented flow-


:-.ers. to Mrs, Keighley in • appreciation of her hos-; pitality.' P icture: M r - Keighley -(third from right at back),with some of the guests.


Bridge plaque


C L I T H E R O E Council wants to the engraved name ,fStal- wa r t B r i d g e , ” on stonework in Primrose Road, with a plaque stat­ ing that the bridge is called “Scott Bridge.” The county council says


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replace <fo.


sidy asked the Ribble Val­ ley Housing Committee to look into the possibility of detailing young offenders to do grass cutting instead of imposing fines or send­ ing them to detent ion centres. Sh e is c o n c e r n e d


. land Prospect, Lilac Grove • and the Henthorn area have, worries about keep­ ing their back gardens tidy. ,


'■ The .council undertakes I


to keep front lawns cut but I the cost is too great to 1 include back gardens.


■ In many cases old people were having; difficulty hanging out their washing because of the. long grass. They were unable to cut it themselves and felt embar­ rassed by their neighbours’ tidy gardens. Coun. Mrs Cassidy told


the Housing Committee there were pirate groups touring the town, offering to cut grass when they saw a particularly bad lawn and grossly overcharging for the service. Yo uth groups had


it was told in 1973 by the: old Clitheroe Borough Council that the bridge was called “Stalwart.” Now, providing the county council agrees, the Town Council is to find out how much it would: cost to have the plaque ’inscribed, and fixed to the bridge.


helped before, but only took on the job: for a year or so. Coun. Mrs Cassidy thought job creation or community services would be a better help ■ and more constant.- She stressed that young offenders should be carefully; selected for the jobs: and heavily super­ vised. :


r a u i s parish'huu, uuw England - Children’s •.Society. About 80 people ,


■ is e r fo r the^society^wfio>gaye a- talk: and film'show about the group's work.


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