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…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”