— News The rise and fall of Red Ted's loony lefties LAMBETH SCANDAL: It loved confrontation and thrived on tabloid outrage.
The Labour Party's leader, Neil Kinnock, blamed local leaders like Ted Knight and Linda Bellos from Lambeth, for bringing the Labour Party into disrepute.
Edward Robert "Ted" Knight (born 13 June 1933) is a former local politician in London, England who was leader of Lambeth London Borough Council from 1978.. Ted Knight: The first action of the majority of the Labour Group… Ted Knight, Leader of Lambeth Council, interviewed by Joan Twelves,-Secretary of Vauxhall CLP, after Lambeth had set a rate on July 3rd. The Labour Party won the Lambeth election in 1978 and the new left leadership of Ted Knight and his comrades had big plans for the borough…. This is from Chapter One of the forthcoming book Radical Lambeth (published by breviarystuff.org.uk).
When the Conservative Government took powers through the Rates Act 1984 to limit the budgets of local councils, several left-wing Labour councils organised a rebellion in which they refused to set a budget. Will Bennett charts a council's turbulent times.
As such, he has led the political opposition to the Government in the field of local government.
London Labour Briefing, No. Ted Knight Interviewed by Jeff Rodrigues Ted Knight, the Leader of Lambeth Council, in south London, has been in the forefront of the campaign against one of the major planks of the Tory Government's economic policies, the cuts in public expenditure. Ted Knight obituary Unreconstructed ‘loony left’ leader of Lambeth council who wanted to overthrow first Mrs Thatcher then western capitalism Tuesday April 07 2020, 12.01am , The Times The Labour Party won the Lambeth election in 1978 and the new left leadership of Ted Knight and his comrades had big plans for the borough.... --- "The day… In memory of Ted Knight, who passed away on 29 March 2020. 52, August 1985 Joan Twelves: Now that a rate has been set in Lambeth, what happens next? In memory of Ted Knight, who passed away on 29 March 2020 This is from Chapter One of the forthcoming book Radical Lambeth (published by breviarystuff.org.uk). Last week, the Gipsy Hill branch of Lambeth Labour Party elected “Red Ted” Knight as its chairman. Prior to the 1987 general election, Knight was a potential candidate for Coventry North East: a runner-up at the Constituency Labour Party selection meeting, he lost out to John Hughes.