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Labour may privatise more than the Tories, senior union rep says
Helen O’Connor addresses the Red University event, June 1, 2024

A LABOUR government will try to privatise further than the Tories — inadvertently paving the way for a left resurgence, a senior trade unionist has said.

GMB organiser Helen O’Connor made the predictions speaking in a personal capacity at a Red University event in Cambridge on Saturday.

She said: “It’s looking likely Keir Starmer will get elected supported by the Establishment, because the war against the left in Labour has been proven to be relied on, delivering their interests and not in the interests of working-class people.

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