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I’VE been a member of the Labour Party, and an active trade unionist, all my working life. For me, as for many people, including most of us who read the Morning Star six days a week, they walk hand in hand.
Why? Because the Labour Party was built by the collective voice of the trade unions — and the work on the streets of Britain by hundreds of thousands of trade union members — at the start of the 20th century.
To remove the collective voice of organised labour from the Labour Party would be to destroy its foundations. Quite literally. And for what purpose? Other than to shift the party — which, under Jeremy Corbyn, is on the brink of power — to perpetual opposition.
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