I was actually there. Going to Militant meetings, knocking on doors and pushing leaflets through letterboxes in Liverpool in the mid 80's.
Hatton might be a motormouth (these days he hosts a talk show on local radio) but he was prepared to stand up and defy the government of the day.
That Labour chose to expell its activists and radicals during this period may tell you a lot aboout how they got to be the centre-right party they now are.
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