Who are New Labour? THE STALINIST WING ●Jack Straw, Foreign Secretary Former Broad Left president of the NUS; branded “a troublemaker” by the Foreign Office when, on an NUS trip to Chile, his “childish politicking” aimed at embarrassing his right-wing opponents, was “nearly disastrous” for Anglo-Chilean relations. ●Charles Clarke, Secretary of State for Education Former Broad Left president of NUS; led demonstrations for higher student grants, and was, he admits, “a strong opponent of the foreign policy of the USA”. ●John Reid, Secretary of State for Health, Former Communist and researcher for the Scottish Union of Students. Claimed he joined the CP because it was the only non-Trotskyist political group on campus when he was an undergraduate student at Stirling University. ●Peter Mandelson, European Commissioner Former Communist and chairman of the British Youth Council. Led a BYC delegation to Cuba in the 1970s. ●Trevor Phillips, chairman, Commission for Racial Equality Former Broad Left president of NUS, led sit-ins, went to Cuba with Mandelson’s delegation. Has a bust of Lenin on his office desk. ●Alan Johnson, Work and Pensions Secretary Says he was close to the Communist Party in his youth, and gets agitated if you suggest he might have been a Trot. Also called for England’s water supply to be completely flouridated. THE TROTSKYITE WING ●Gordon Brown, Chancellor Showed political colours by choosing to do his PhD thesis on James Maxton, the leader of the rebel . . .