Editing Clause IV (section)

==Other uses==
{{Main|Clause Four Group}}
Clause Four was also the name of a campaigning group within the Labour Party's student wing (now [[Labour Students]]), which succeeded in ending its control by the [[Militant tendency|Militant]] group in 1975. However, the attempt of the Clause Four group to oppose Militant in the [[Labour Party Young Socialists]] (LPYS) was a failure, and LPYS was eventually dissolved.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wintour |first=Patrick |date=2014-07-16 |title=From the archive, 16 July 1991: Labour picks fight with Militant Tendency |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/16/militant-derek-hatton-labour-party-1991 |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

===Clause Four moment===
The changing of Clause IV was seen by political commentators as the defining moment at which [[History of the Labour Party (UK)|Old Labour]] became [[New Labour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Rentoul |first=John |author-link=John Rentoul |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/defining-moment-as-blair-wins-backing-for-clause-iv-1611135.html |title='Defining moment' as Blair wins backing for Clause IV |work=The Independent |date=1995-03-14 |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref> The phrase "Clause Four moment" has subsequently become a metaphor for any need or perceived need for a fundamental recasting of a political party's principles or attitudes.