Labour and Unite are currently at war after the party put the Falkirk Constituency Party under “special measures” following alleged abuse of the selection process by the trade union.
A Labour spokesman said earlier this week: “After an internal inquiry into the Falkirk constituency we have found there is sufficient evidence to raise concern about the legitimacy of members qualifying to participate in the selection of a Westminster candidate.” All party members who joined after 12 March 2012, when the sitting MP Eric Joyce announced his resignation from Labour, will be barred from taking part in the selection.
In a letter to Unite-Labour members in Falkirk, leaked to The Staggers, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has denounced what he calls a “behind-the-scenes smear campaign” and has threatened “legal action if necessary”. You can read it in full below.
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