[Tim McLoughlin] Ed Miliband and the unions
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Tim McLoughlin
Jan 17, 2012, 1:49:54 PM1/17/12
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Ed Miliband today came in for criticism from trade union leaders for backing Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls who said Labour cannot promise to reverse all Tory cuts if it got in power again. This seem like such an obvious point from Balls and Miliband that I find it quite absurd that he has come in for today's flak.
It is in no way a betrayal of ordinary people or an acceptance that the Tories are right. It is just sensible real-politik.
The unions will simply alienate people from Labour by attempting to pull Miliband's puppet strings so publicly.
Of course, this is a problem for Miliband for he so openly used the unions to get the Labour leadership in the first place. What happens next will be interesting to see if Miliband has the balls to stand up to them or if the unions call in their favours.
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Posted By Tim McLoughlin to Tim McLoughlin on 1/17/2012 06:49:00 PM
It is in no way a betrayal of ordinary people or an acceptance that the Tories are right. It is just sensible real-politik.
The unions will simply alienate people from Labour by attempting to pull Miliband's puppet strings so publicly.
Of course, this is a problem for Miliband for he so openly used the unions to get the Labour leadership in the first place. What happens next will be interesting to see if Miliband has the balls to stand up to them or if the unions call in their favours.
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Posted By Tim McLoughlin to Tim McLoughlin on 1/17/2012 06:49:00 PM
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