Labour’s biggest union backer is considering splitting from the party due to “intense frustration” with Sir Keir Starmer, it has been reported.
Officials in Unite are now considering whether to call an emergency conference to vote on formally splitting from the party.
One Labour MP told The Daily Telegraph, that Unite may only be won back by replacing Starmer as leader.
“This is a major union, it is a major player within the wider Labour movement,” the MP said. “It is a critically important relationship – but it has become dysfunctional.”
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Labour’s biggest union backer is considering splitting from the party due to “intense frustration” with Sir Keir Starmer, it has been reported.
Officials in Unite are now considering whether to call an emergency conference to vote on formally splitting from the party.
One Labour MP told The Daily Telegraph, that Unite may only be won back by replacing Starmer as leader.
“This is a major union, it is a major player within the wider Labour movement,” the MP said. “It is a critically important relationship – but it has become dysfunctional.”
Sharon Graham, the Unite boss, had previously threatened to split from the party and warned the Budget was ‘an absolutely critical point of us knowing whether direction is going to change’.
A union source added: “Sharon gave her view after the Budget, and it is pretty strong. The direction of travel is there – that is amplifying what workers and members feel.”
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