Is Len McCluskey a signed up member of a ‘corporate cartel’? That’s what his close ally John McDonnell appeared to suggest in the Chamber as Tory MPs voted en masse to back plans for a third runway at Heathrow.
With the shadow chancellor representing a constituency in the flight path of the proposed runway, McDonnell was quick to attack all those behind it and the ‘corporate cartels’ pushing for it:
‘Does this House stand up for people and communities, especially working class communities or does it stand up for the interests of a corporate cartel that’s ripped us off for decades?’
Only McDonnell seems to have forgotten who his friends are. Labour’s key union financier Unite is pro-Heathrow and seen to be the motivating factor in Jeremy Corbyn allowing his MPs a free vote on the issue.
Happily, Kwasi Kwarteng was on hand to point this out…
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