Isabel Hardman Isabel Hardman

Len McCluskey tells Labour how it should be done

Yesterday Len McCluskey made it very clear that Ed Miliband was definitely, definitely the leader of the Labour party. He said:

‘There can be absolutely no question about who runs the Labour party: it is Ed Miliband and he has my full support. Yes, there may be issues we disagree on, that is allowed in a democratic party, but Unite is fully behind Ed Miliband and after today’s performance by Cameron the sooner he is prime minister the better.’

Which was unhelpful, really, as it’s never good when the unions have to issue a statement clarifying who the leader of the Labour party really is.

But Len’s hands-off approach doesn’t mean he can’t still tell the party exactly how things should be done.

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