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The unions have a whip hand over Labour because they are those people - they are the members - its one of the reasons I pay my union dues - to have that influence.
I think the unions having a voice is absolutely fair. I also think the members having a voice is fair. I think business having a voice is fair. I think the PLP having a voice is fair. I think all stakeholders should have a voice.
However I fundamentally object to any one of those voices having the whip hand. That's how you end up in the mess we've been in for the last six years.
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The whole point of the Labour party is to give a voice to people that aren't big businesses - so they have the collective power to counter those influences when they're shaping peoples lives for the benefit of their pockets.
The unions have a whip hand over Labour because they are those people - they are the members - its one of the reasons I pay my union dues - to have that influence.