A Special Branch report.

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    chelmsford
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    So a ‘secret and reliable source’ described Coleman as ‘a powerful orator who was both amusing and convincing in his argument’. Obviously the stool-pigeon was one of Coleman’s many admirers from the Islington Branch.
    Never took to him meself.

    #253868
    imposs1904
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    A very good speaker on his day. Worth checking out some of his talks and debates in the audio section of the website.

    A shame that the Ron Brown debate wasn’t recorded. In fact, I’m a little surprised that it wasn’t recorded. It’s not everyday that the SPGB debates a Labour MP.

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    Bijou Drains
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    “ Obviously the stool-pigeon was one of Coleman’s many admirers from the Islington Branch”

    An open meeting with Labour Party members present and you come to the conclusion that it is “obvious” that the Special Branch source was from Islington Branch?

    Perhaps it’s just that you’re envious of the fact that as a speaker Coleman was head and shoulders above the self appointed guardians of the truth from the then Camden and North West London branches (I’ll exempt Hardy from that criticism). Given the choice of listening to Jim D’Arcy speaking or a paper cut on my bell end, it would be the paper cut every time!

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