Further evidence that Mister Ed is ditching his connections to the unions indeed those very unions who backed him for the leadership prize and now wants to cut the union block vote. I mean, he doesn’t want to be seen too close now, does he? A signal to the establishment that he is ridding that pesky union influence. Laughably, he is proposing less union influence in leadership contests (erm, Mister Ed is that was the case back in 2010 then you would be following Miliband the elder) and reduced votes then he will give conference a bigger say over policies and the manifesto
Aww. Just aint that sweet and quaint. Us members get more say over policies and the manifesto which we should be getting at the moment. Oh, there is one that Mister Ed should be prioritising and that’s democraticising the Labour Party as opposed to this remoteness and lack of say.
So is anyone still out there thinking Mister Ed will be transforming the Labour Party into something vibrant, democratic and dynamic with social democratic policies instead of bland, boring recycled tired old reactionary NL? Mister Ed still wants to be the establishment’s friend rather than showing solidarity with the working class and reinforcing the links between the trade union movement and the Labour Party, ‘cos let’s not forget who laid the foundations for it.
As Richard Simcox from PCS rightly states: “Maybe instead of navel gazing and infighting with unions, Labour might like to defend public servants,”
Precisely….
