Another union backs Corbyn as the antidote to a Blairite 'virus'

Jeremy Corbyn is stormin’ his way through the trade unions affiliated to the Labour party. The Communication Workers’ Union has announced it backs him in the leadership contest, not because it thinks he can win, but because it thinks his victory would drive the Blairites out of the party, and would therefore serve its purpose. This is what the union’s general secretary Dave Ward had to say about the decision:

‘We think that the Labour party needs to be shaken up, and we think that we need to loosen the grip of the Blairite wing of the party, people like Mandelson who in our view have taken this party far too much to the Right, and there is no doubt that voting for Jeremy Corbyn will assist that process. We actually put that principle of loosening their grip on this party once and for all as more important than the actual leadership qualities of any of the candidates standing, and we think Jeremy will lead that debate and out of that you will see a very different Labour party.’