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Unite seems so confident of its influence over @jeremycorbyn and the leader’s office that it did not bother to turn up today to the meeting of the Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation that was held to discuss what should be in the party’s EU elections manifesto...
Those there said that as expected, Unison, the GMB and Usdaw all said they want a confirmatory Brexit referendum as the foundation of the manifesto. They expect the words to be in the manifesto. But they remain nervous that the emergency NEC meeting on Tuesday that will...
decide the manifesto may not go for on an unambiguous referendum pledge. It will all come down, I am told, to whether the NEC representatives of party members vote the way that most Labour and Momentum members want them to vote, namely for a referendum, or whether they side...
with the referendum sceptics of the Unite union and the leader’s office. As everyone at top of the party tells me, it is a huge moment for @jeremycorbyn and Labour.
