As a former Unite rep and Executive Council member, I find reports of secret talks between Unite officials and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK deeply concerning. Reform are no friend of working people thetimes.com/uk/politics/art… 1/5
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Their record is one of attacking trade unions, support for weakening workers’ rights and dividing our communities. You don’t win lasting gains for workers by giving credibility to a party with that agenda. 2/5
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Of course unions must fight for their members in every dispute, but how we do that matters. We should meet with those who hold decision making positions to advance our members causes - 3/5
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But of course we should not be giving political legitimacy to parties attempting to sow division and gain power that they will use to pit worker against worker. 4/5

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Unite’s strength has always been its members and it's ability to bring them together standing up for values and rights and those must not be compromised. I know the deep anger this has caused many unite members and I share their pain and outrage. 5/5
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x.com/i/status/2049909695255… You should maybe think about the language YOU use, and the division YOU cause.
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Do you think this healed division?
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🚨NEW: The fire at the Pink Punters LGBT nightclub in Milton Keynes started accidentally, Thames Valley Police say A Labour MP, Kate Osbourne, is accused of fuelling disinformation after suggesting it was a deliberate attack and blaming Reform UK before an investigation
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YOU are not the arbiter of who gets political legitimacy, YOU don’t speak for Britain. Who are YOU to talk about Political legitimacy when your rotten party has just trampled all over democracy and crowned a PM, no debates, no votes, just cronyism. @andyburnham has no mandate.
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Sowing division you say 🤔 x.com/i/status/2049903581772…
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Like Labour?
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When you know your party is on life support ….
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Why don't you go on GB news to defend your statement about them?
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That's all @UKLabour has done for the last 100+ years...
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