As UNISON Scotland last year backed John McDonnell for Labour Leader, looks like this one is officially the left ticket then....... below from PA:
Labour leadership contender Cathy Jamieson has won the backing of party supporters in the trade union Unison, it has been announced.
The union's Scottish LabourLink - which represents the 55,000 Unison members affiliated to Labour - said it was supporting her.It is also backing Bill Butler for the post of Labour's deputy leader at Holyrood.Ms Jamieson, the former justice minister, is competing against ex-enterprise minister Iain Gray and former health minister Andy Kerr to succeed Wendy Alexander.Members of Unison Scottish LabourLink met all the leadership candidates on Tuesday night.Afterwards chair of the group Pat Rowland said: "We heard a series of excellent presentations from all the candidates in this important election and were impressed by the range of ideas and the quality of all the candidates."However, the committee overwhelmingly believes that Cathy Jamieson and Bill Butler best reflect the key Labour values that Unison believes the party has to champion if Labour is to retain the support of working people."
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
UNISON SCOTLAND BACKS JAMIESON AND BUTLER
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Jamieson is tough on crime and ASB, definitely a lot to the right of the corresponding candidate for deputy. they would make an excellently balanced ticket, both are more left and less associated with the Westminster party's right wingery (many SLP folks deny that this is a good thing for scotland, but mostly because they haven't seen how right wing English voters are compared to theirs!) than any of the others.
#2 for lefties voting for leader has to go to the bloke who isn't Iain Gray. Who apparently Unite have backed. Why do TUs do this to themselves?
unite went for gray and lamont
Tom, I agree re the unions. Apparently Cathy J used to be a lot more left ....
Yep she definatly "used to be"....
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I think Jesus could make a return take over the mantle of leader of the Labour party, prove he is the son of god and Labour would still lose the next election.
I think there comes a time in a party which they have nothing left to offer. Blair offered us Thatcher mark two, Brown does not have this option because Blair stole all her policies leaving Brown waiting for the Tory party to say something, problem is they are saying nothing.
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