Labour in crisis: Union boss tells Brown to declare Blairism dead
James Forsyth 12:31amTony Woodley, the joint general secretary of Unite, has an op-ed in Friday’s Guardian demanding that Gordon Brown declare that “Blairism is dead”. Woodley claims that “Brown has one last window of opportunity. Face down the Blairites within. Clear the apologists for the big bonus brigade out of the cabinet and make Labour once more the party for state intervention for social justice.”
Now, it is no surprise that Woodley—who is a long standing opponent of Blairism—is calling on Labour to move to the left. But given Labour’s current difficulties both electoral and financial, Woodley’s words matter more than they did in the past.
If the leadership go to Warwick with Labour having lost Glasgow East, then they are going to be in a particularly weak position to resist the Union’s demands.
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Hysteria
July 25th, 2008 1:23am Report this commentlet's hope Gordon gos with this for his own (perceived) interest. It will be the final nail in the coffin of socialism - it' staken around a 100 years but we are nearly there!
Hysteria
July 25th, 2008 1:44am Report this commentsorry about the typos - my keyboard can't spell !!!!
David C
July 25th, 2008 1:45am Report this commentBrown can't do that.
His fingerprints are all over the past 11 years.
He was a co-conspiritor in the creation of NuLabour: I would go further and say he is probably the ideological driver behind the whole project.
He would have to renounce everything he has tried to do.
B****r!
I may yet believe in Karma.
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