1.   They lacked the bitterness and sterility of the debates on Party discipline, Communist affiliation and the United Front which took place at subsequent Party Conferences.

2.   More moderate criticism held that it was essential to ensure Communist affiliation to the Labour Party before appealing to other diverse political elements.

3.   The suggestion of Communist affiliation to the Labour Party was regarded as an unwarrantable departure from principle.

4.   As it was the campaign for Communist affiliation continued smoothly and support for Unity grew rapidly in the Labour League of Youth and in local Labour Parties.

5.   Communist sympathizers like John Strachey saw Communist affiliation as the indispensable foundation stone upon which a Peoples Front for Britain can alone be built.

6.   The Edinburgh Labour Party Conference decision did not deter the supporters of Unity, though it ended the campaign for Communist affiliation for the next three years.

7.   He makes no excuses for his former Communist affiliation.

8.   There were constraints on civil liberties and political discussion, with anything left of the Democratic Party suspected of communist affiliations.

9.   Following his arrest he made a public renunciation of his communist affiliation and started a thriving publishing business.