Can Labour be reclaimed?

As public sector workers prepare for the planned 30 November one-day strike, the question of a political voice of opposition to cuts, along with their strength in the union, is posed.
Here we reflect some of the debates that take place by reproducing correspondence between a reader of the Socialist, Tim Hayward, and Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary. Read the exchange here:

2011 Labour Party conference - a debate: Can Labour be reclaimed?

http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/686/12834/21-09-2011/2011-labour-party-conference-a-debate-can-labour-be-reclaimed