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Friday, 18th July 2008

The Unions have their strategy right

James Forsyth 10:46am

The Unions have 130 demands that they intend to lay before Labour’s National Policy Forum, Patrick Wintour reports this morning. These range from extending the minimum wage to those under 21 to making union subscriptions tax deductible.

This strikes me as exactly the right approach for the Unions to take. Labour is in no financial shape to reject all these demands. Equally, it cannot be seen to cave in on everything. So, Brown will make a big show of resisting a few of the Union’s big ticket demands while conceding on everything else. 

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David

July 18th, 2008 2:38pm Report this comment

At what point does the union-labour relationship actually fall foul of anti-corruption legislation. History and habit do not make this OK.

David

July 18th, 2008 2:38pm Report this comment

At what point does the union-labour relationship actually fall foul of anti-corruption legislation. History and habit do not make this OK.

Trumpeter Lanfried

July 18th, 2008 11:11pm Report this comment

Do their demands include buckets of moola for 'training and education' (aka money laundering for the Labour Party)?

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