The long-running battle between Sharon Graham, General Secretary of the Unite union and Starmer continues. With Rayner and other union allies out in the cold, the deep-pocketed socialists over at Unite are pulling the plug…
Unite voted this week cut its party affiliation fee by £580,000, which usually goes straight into Labour HQ coffers. As the union says, although it has been threatened before, it has not actually happened, so this is a new departure. “This is unprecedented”, a union press release claimed…
Graham had repeatedly threatened to cut Labour funding. The move will cause anxiety among union-backed MPs who will rely on Unite donations for any plausible attempt at re-election in 2029. Don’t be surprised if it feeds through to even more leadership unrest…
Starmer loyalist and Housing Secretary Steve Reed told Sky News that Starmer should not be replaced:
“We saw what the Tories did. They were in power for 14 years, and after 2016, I think we had nine education secretaries, seven chancellors, and five Prime Ministers. Doomscrolling through Prime Ministers doesn’t resolve the problem.”