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'''Militant Tendency''' was a group of [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]]s within the [[Labour Party]], organised around the newspaper 'Militant' and led by [[Ted Grant]], a former leader of the [[Revolutionary Communist Party (UK)|Revolutionary Communist Party]]. It achieved some strength in certain constituency Labour Parties in the 1970s and early '80s, deselecting right-wing and centrist Labour [[MP]]s and parliamentary candidates and replacing them with more ideologically acceptable candidates, and it was also able to gain control of [[Liverpool]] City Council in the early 1980s. In 1985 the Labour Party leader [[Neil Kinnock]] expelled Militant leaders from the party, and began a process of rooting out others. In 1991 the last remaining members withdrew from the Labour Party.
 
'''Militant Tendency''' was a group of [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]]s within the [[Labour Party]], organised around the newspaper 'Militant' and led by [[Ted Grant]], a former leader of the [[Revolutionary Communist Party (UK)|Revolutionary Communist Party]]. It achieved some strength in certain constituency Labour Parties in the 1970s and early '80s, deselecting right-wing and centrist Labour [[MP]]s and parliamentary candidates and replacing them with more ideologically acceptable candidates, and it was also able to gain control of [[Liverpool]] City Council in the early 1980s. In 1985 the Labour Party leader [[Neil Kinnock]] expelled Militant leaders from the party, and began a process of rooting out others. In 1991 the last remaining members withdrew from the Labour Party.
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==External links==
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*[http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/militant/ The Rise of Militant] - Official history of Militant Tendency
    
[[Category:British Politics]]
 
[[Category:British Politics]]
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