The row broke out over the seat being vacated by Labour's Eric Joyce - the Unite union has been accused of hijacking the process to select a new candidate to replace him, and Mr Watson's office manager was the union's preferred candidate.

Two hours after Mr Watson resigned a Labour spokesman confirmed the party had suspended Falkirk party chairman Stephen Deans and Karie Murphy the Unite-backed prospective candidate, as well as the scheme under which unions could sign up members to the Labour Party and pay the fees on their behalf.

At this week's Prime Minister's Questions, David Cameron repeatedly raised the row between Labour and Unite over Falkirk to try to portray Mr Miliband as a weak leader under the influence of the union - one of Labour's biggest backers.

Briefing notes for Mr Miliband, accidentally left in a House of Commons toilet on Wednesday, show he was ready for an attack on Mr Watson - although in the event, Mr Cameron did not mention the MP.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23186851

Some will say that Silliband stood up to the Union - but would he have done so had his notes not been left in a toilet for the press to find ?

Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps said Mr Watson's resignation was a "clear vote of no confidence in Ed Miliband's weak leadership from the man he brought in to run his [election] campaign. But this still doesn't change the fact that Len McCluskey's Unite union is taking over the Labour Party".

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23192888

Mark our words.

11-plus ITK doesn't even know.

That Europe's postwar economic and industrial leader Germany has proven time and again. That cohesive unions are good things, while divisive aristocracies are historically bad for all societies.

SuchGoodPoints wrote:
Mark our words.

11-plus ITK doesn't even know.

That Europe's postwar economic and industrial leader Germany has proven time and again. That cohesive unions are good things, while divisive aristocracies are historically bad for all societies.


I had a good friend whose father ran a huge corporation in Frankfurt and on visits over dinner he would explain the meetings he had with union bosses....there was none of the animosity we witness in the UK or USA...just everyone working out the best way in which they could all benefit...none of this "we bosses must become imensley rich and the workers will get the crumbs" type thinking...

mind you he did say the English were bonkers..or used a German word I cannot remember meaning the same...ITK's face came to mind as he said it

hedda wrote:
I had a good friend whose father ran a huge corporation in Frankfurt and on visits over dinner he would explain the meetings he had with union bosses....there was none of the animosity we witness in the UK or USA...

Maybe their unions dont have the "chip on their shoulder" mentality that ours do?

Our Unions are incapable of building anything - they want to bring everything down to the lowest possible demoninator.

These unions are rich and powerful - if they think they have the answers why dont THEY risk their money and start enterprises?

In The Know wrote:
These unions are rich and powerful - if they think they have the answers why dont THEY risk their money and start enterprises?

Was the question too hard for you Hedda-tas ?

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"Let's ask what has changed since yesterday.
Will the unions still have the biggest vote at the (loony) conference? Yes.
Will they still be able to determine the party's policy? Yes.
Will they still have the decisive vote in voting for the Labour leader? Yes.
That is the fact. They own you lock, stock and block vote."

- David Cameron at PMQ's

In The Know wrote:
Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps said Mr Watson's resignation was a "clear vote of no confidence in Ed Miliband's weak leadership from the man he brought in to run his [election] campaign. But this still doesn't change the fact that Len McCluskey's Unite union is taking over the Labour Party".

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23192888

Silliband should "not apologise" - says Harriet Harman (the women's lib campaigner UNTIL her husband needed a "safe" seat LOL !)

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23999869

It's a good thing (for Labour) that their supporters are too dumb to notice or understand !