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LEN McCLUSKEY branded Tom Watson a “disgrace” on Saturday for attacking Labour’s general secretary Jennie Formby in the national press.
Speaking at the Durham Miners’ Gala, the Unite general secretary lashed out the Labour deputy leader for his public attacks on Ms Formby over the party’s handling of anti-semitism allegations.
To loud cheers, he said: “The attacks on Jennie would be wrong in normal circumstances, but when they are in the circumstances where she is battling cancer, they are unacceptable.
Warming up for his Durham gig, the bard pays attention to the niceties of language
The Gala’s core message of working-class solidarity offers renewed hope and provides the antidote to the anti-worker policies of Reform UK, argues IAN LAVERY MP
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko ahead of Gala Day 2025
Ben Chacko talks to ALAN MARDGHUM of the Durham Miners Association about Reform UK‘s dangerous inroads into Durham’s long-standing Labour county council; why he cancelled his party membership; and the political class’s disconnect from working people