Serious move, Labour have referred the Unite/Falkirk selection process affair to the police, hanging the unions out to dry or right procedure?
Meanwhile, the people of this country are getting shafted and the LP has nothing better to do than bicker about precisely how to not do anything about it. Pathetic.
you have a very rose-tinted view of the labour party.
In regards to the movements of milliband along the political spectrum, i think doubters should look in themselves and try and summon up the Buddha-like qualities of patience, deep thought, compassion and resolve
the political philosophy of the labour party is much like a stream, young grasshopper. it flows in a direction that nature has chosen. can the river curve to the left when the banks wont allow it to? no of course it cant. it must follow the path of least resistance. to understand this is to achieve real enlightenment. but take comfort, for one day its waters shall truly run out into the sea, and the fish shall rejoice and swim freely....... so spoke Om Milliband himselfYou're right. You can't take aim properly when you're all worked up, your breathing is too rapid and your hands shake too much.
the political philosophy of the labour party is much like a stream, young grasshopper. it flows in a direction that nature has chosen. can the river curve to the left when the banks wont allow it to? no of course it cant. it must follow the path of least resistance. to understand this is to achieve real enlightenment. but take comfort, for one day its waters shall truly run out into the sea, and the fish shall rejoice and swim freely....... so spoke Om Milliband himself
Meanwhile, the people of this country are getting shafted and the LP has nothing better to do than bicker about precisely how to not do anything about it. Pathetic.
the political philosophy of the labour party is much like a stream...
But if you were elevated to the heavenly choir with a place at the right side of the trough,how long would your struggle against the tide of inevitability last?If these people are only following the will of the universe, mere dead leaves on the river of eternity, incapable of choosing their own fate or improving the fate of anyone else, how come they get paid so much? I'm floating in the same fucking river as they are and here I am with principles, integrity, morals and scarcely a down payment on a pot to piss in
If Labour don't get into power the Tories stay there, you daft prick. The point is to fight for a Labour government to offer a real alternative.
Ed Miliband is to review the Labour party's historic relationship with the trade union movement amid calls from senior party figures for him to use a bitter row with the Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey, to break the formal link.
As Labour referred allegations about the handling of the process for selecting a parliamentary candidate in Falkirk to the police and procurator fiscal, senior party aides indicated that Miliband would embark on a bold step of reform in the coming weeks.
Miliband, who denounced McCluskey on Friday for defending "shabby practices" in Falkirk, has made no decisions on whether to break Labour's links with the trade unions, which were responsible for the founding of the party in 1900.
But the Labour leader, who raised the possibility of corruption in Falkirk, is understood to believe that he must adopt a consistent approach in tackling "unaccountable vested interests". He believes that McCluskey's approach is similar to Rupert Murdoch, the bankers and leaders of energy companies, who have all been denounced by Miliband in recent years.
which links to the "historic break" piece.DrEoinCl: Completely ignore this piece. The author is a mischievous so and so (and that's the nicest thing I can say about him) http://t.co/1TUtDKxWuf
which links to the "historic break" piece.
Not quite sure what that means.
You need to know the internal people - clarke is a milband loyalist-left oh god blah blah - simple thing is, miliband uses this to disciple unite who have fake potentital to withdraw funding. This is him telling them that they have nothing without the party. The unions rely on the party not not vice versa.
The whole thing is disgusting, who the fuck compares the 'vested interests' of unions to plutocrats that hack dead girls' phones? Comments like that are beyond even some Tories.
What chance is there of Unite calling their bluff?
But it's real 'alternative' is to implement cuts, idiot. You're a member of a party who is going to drive through an austerity agenda. You give money, time and effort to get Labour elected - you're helping impose the attack on what the working-class and what remains of the welfare state. You are a tory.If Labour don't get into power the Tories stay there, you daft prick. The point is to fight for a Labour government to offer a real alternative.