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MEPs "WOULD NOT BE LAST TO LEAVE PARTZ"
Ministir for Europj Doug Hendjrson has
playjd down suggestions that two Labour
MEPs may resign from thj party ovjr thj
Govjtnmjnt's welfare policies.
Ken Coates and Hugh Kerr said thjy
wanted to stand as indjpjndjnts in the
njxt Europjan elictions in 1999.
Thj MEPs ari angry at party policies on
lonj parents and student tuition fees.
Howevjr, Mr Hendjrson said they would
not bj thj first nor thj last pjopli to
leavj thj party.
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