The last few days has seen the sorry Falkirk affair return with a vengeance. Readers may remember that there were two people who had been seeking Labour’s parliamentary nomination for Falkirk who were accused of wrong doing in the recruitment of new members to that constituency party. One was left-wing Scottish Unite activist, Karie Murphy, former nurse and later office manager to […]
Posts Tagged ‘Falkirk’
The return of Falkirk – more skulduggery, same victim, same perpetrators
Mar 16th, 2015 by Jon Lansman.
It’s time to face up to Miliband’s contradictions – and sort them out
Jun 24th, 2014 by Thomas Butler.Speaking at the Labour Representation Committee’s fringe at last year’s Trades Union Congress, Mark Serwotka assessed Ed Miliband as politically “schizophrenic”. It struck a chord. The Labour leader is a man of frustrating political and personal contradictions. The New Labour days were famous for sofa politics, spin, doublespeak, doublethink and policies made on the hoof. […]
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After Collins: how will the unions respond?
Feb 5th, 2014 by Andy Newman.There is certainly a plausible argument that Ed Miliband has been one of the most effective leaders of the opposition in modern British history, demonstrating an ability to set the political agenda that exceeds what either Margaret Thatcher or Tony Blair achieved from the opposition benches. Miliband has stood up to the power of the […]
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So when will the Labour Party apologise to Stevie Deans?
Jan 22nd, 2014 by Jon Lansman.Yesterday, the Scottish police confirmed that they had found “no evidence of any criminality” in their inquiry into the activities of Stevie Deans, who was until three months ago full-time convenor at the Ineos plant at Grangemouth (where he’d worked for 25 years) and Chair of Unite in Scotland as well as the sometime Chair […]
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Tom Watson on Falkirk, and a lesson for Ed
Nov 14th, 2013 by Jon Lansman.Yesterday’s Sun (£) carried online a recording of Watson talking on stage with comedian Matt Forde about his friend and staff member, Karie Murphy, and Ed Miliband’s judgement on Falkirk. So you don’t have to shell out money to the Murdoch empire, nor waste time visiting the scurrilous website of Mr Guido Fawkes which features what he […]
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Unite statement on Falkirk
Nov 6th, 2013 by Newsdesk.In July this year Unite was subjected to a major campaign of criticism regarding allegations of misconduct in the affairs of Falkirk Constituency Labour Party – in essence that the union had tried to manipulate the selection procedure for a Labour candidate for the constituency outside the Party’s rules. The union was enjoined by a […]
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No change at Falkirk. Just one good trade unionist out of a job
Oct 29th, 2013 by Jon Lansman.For the Labour Party, nothing about Falkirk has changed. There never was any ballot rigging scandal there, as the BBC found three months ago. In spite of many column inches of the Sunday Times (£) devoted to “union dirty tricks“, there is no new smoking gun amongst the 1000 emails that Ineos have passed to the […]
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Grangemouth, class aggression and the ‘national interest’
Oct 24th, 2013 by Stephen Low.It is in ‘the national interest’ that Grangemouth remain open say the Scottish Government, refusing to countenance closure. They are however seemingly content with the idea that this be accomplished by the Ineos workforce sacrificing wages, pensions, redundancy terms and shift allowances. The national interest is being defined as the continuation of production at the […]
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Unite has been vindicated over Falkirk. It’s time for others to move on
Sep 13th, 2013 by Pat Rafferty.Unite Scotland statement on the Falkirk Constituency Labour Party (CLP) selection by Pat Rafferty, Unite Scottish Regional Secretary. That Unite did nothing wrong in the Falkirk CLP is now a matter of fact. This was made clear by the Labour Party last week (Friday 6 September 2013) and more importantly by Police Scotland earlier last month. Despite […]
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The battle for Labour’s soul
Sep 9th, 2013 by Mark Seddon.In the run-up to next year’s local government elections and as a springboard to the general election, Labour will hold a “special conference” next year. Will it be to launch a popular campaign for jobs, growth and an end to the privatisation of our public services? Might it be to roll out its anti-austerity manifesto? […]
