Talk:James Anderton

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[edit] liberal-left?

"he was often in conflict with the liberal-left in the city's political leadership during the 1980s"

In the 1980s, Liverpool was largely being run by Derek Hatton and the Militant Tendency. Militant were hardly "liberal-left": they were Trotskyists. It's not clear to me whether the author meant liberal to be interpreted in classical British political terms (free trade and what-not) or in current American terms, but either way, I'm not sure it's accurate. Hence removed original to talk page and reworded.

--Telsa 14:13, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

While I agree with you about Hatton's politics, I should point out that we're talking about Greater Manchester here, not Merseyside! -- Necrothesp 00:07, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Urrr. Good point. :) What was I thinking? Telsa 18:03, 30 October 2005 (UTC)