1. SeeMartin Linton , 'Reg's Road to Ruin ' inLabour Weekly, 1977 . See Comments of John Wilson, proposer of the rejection motion, inThe Times, 10 October 1977, p. 2. See 'Prentice Comes Clean at Last',The News Line, 10 October 1977, p. 9. See Letter from D. Murphy to theNewham Recorder, 6 April 1977, p. 12.
2. The Establishment's story has been propagated orally rather than in a fully-fledged written form. 1 have heard the entire story in conversation with Transport House officials. A well-known academic in a private conversation gave me the identical story which he said he had heard from Labour Party officials and MPs. Considerations of libel deter the printing of personal criticisms. But seeJ. Torode ,Guardian, 1979 , P.10 for the gist of this story. Also see the editorial in the LondonEvening News, 22 December 1977. Also see theBristol Evening Post, 20 September 1979, where Don Hartwell summarizes a conversation he had with Tony Benn regarding Prentice in which Benn put across the Establishment's story.
3. See the following articles by Reg Prentice inTime and Tide: The Newham Story', 1977 , P.15 ; 'The Labour Party in Decline', 8 July 1977, pp. 6-7; 'Why the Tories Offer the Best Hope', 14 October 1977, pp. 8-9. See also Haseler's letter to theDaily Telegraph, 15 February 1979.