To support strikes or not?
One of the big themes running through this Labour Party Conference is whether the Labour leadership and in particular Ed Miliband is going to support the strikes. There have been loud applause and cheering whenever someone has mentioned that their Union is preparing for industrial action.
Dave Prentis of UNISON said that they were balloting their members for strike action and if agreed he expected the leadership of the Labour Party to support it. Highly unlikely, as Ed Balls made it clear in his speech today that Strikes would give the Tories the excuse they needed to focus attention away the real issues. It’s not the Labour Party the Unions have to get onboard, it’s the general public.
I see a battle brewing in the Labour Party and I’m not sure it’s going to be pretty!
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