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Skinner slams party of ‘suits and spads’
Veteran warns Labour against driving away its union support
LABOUR would be reduced to a party of “suits and spads [special advisers]” without its link to trade unions, veteran socialist MP Dennis Skinner warned yesterday.
Firebrand Mr Skinner took aim at divisive figures within the party trying to “freeze out” the unions, saying it would leave Labour without roots in working-class communities.
The miners’ MP spoke out ahead of the first meeting of Labour’s Trade Union Group of MPs since the election in Parliament last night.
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