It stems from the loss of the election and the growth of the 'cowboys'. The Labour Party has got out of the way of losing elections. We are now the natural party of government... These cowboys are absolute Trots. The number of Communists in the party is very small but the Trots are much more sinister. They are negative and have no policy. There is a fairly high number of- not intellectuals but let's say intelligentsia element there, stemming not least from the growth of sociology as a discipline in the universities. (Harold Wilson)

It stems from the loss of the election and the growth of the 'cowboys'. The Labour Party has got out of the way of losing elections. We are now the natural party of government... These cowboys are absolute Trots. The number of Communists in the party is very small but the Trots are much more sinister. They are negative and have no policy. There is a fairly high number of- not intellectuals but let's say intelligentsia element there, stemming not least from the growth of sociology as a discipline in the universities.

Harold Wilson

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