The Open Turn debate took place in 1991 within the

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of the British Labour Party. The debate was the result of disagreement over whether, in the changed political situation of the time, the organisation would best be able to win support for their form of

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(for them Marxism) amongst the working class as

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within the Labour Party, or as an independent political party."The Open Turn Debate"
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