And clearly missed the bit in Ian Watson's analysis which says:
"Certainly she wasn't the choice of Len McCluskey, the dominant voice in trade unionism for a decade.
So her victory may come as a relief to Sir Keir Starmer - who has been criticised by Mr McCluskey - and he swiftly congratulated Sharon Graham today."
And this is refeshing too:
" . . . . while she may not involve herself in party faction fighting, it is by no means clear that she will continue with the current level of generous donations to Labour.
She has talked about "payment by results", and "no blank cheques".
But employers may have more to fear than Labour leaders. As an organiser, she has found new ways to exert pressure during disputes, and often gets involved when these turn hostile."
Good! - they should not be hand in glove....unlike Corbyn and McCluskey were.
So she's stood on a platform of "Workplace, not Westiminster" and it won the day. Again - good! Is that not exactly what Unions are for, rather than as the controlling mind of the opposition/government of the day?!
Such a shame the actual government can't show the same restraint when distancing itself from the "influencers."...too many greasy palms I suspect. Which is kind of exactly what our resident Tory cheerleader said in his post
here. Tories first, sod the rest!
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