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Bakers' union cuts ties with the Labour Party
BFAWU's vote to disaffiliate from the party after 100 years caused by Sir Keir's ‘factional war’ against the left
Ian Hodson
THE Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union (BFAWU) voted to disaffiliate from the Labour Party during a special recall conference today.
The union, a founding member of the party in 1902, said that Labour “has travelled away from the aims and hopes of working-class organisations like ours” under current leader Sir Keir Starmer, who it said has been too focused on waging an “factional internal war.”
The union called the conference after Labour made threats to “auto-exclude” its president Ian Hodson. The party cited his links to left-wing campaign group Labour Against the Witchhunt, which Labour has banned as part of its ongoing crackdown on the left.
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