“Sir Keir Starmer is ‘bereft of vision’ and needs to let voters know what he stands for, Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey has told the BBC…

[Len McCluskey] was speaking to the BBC at the launch of his autobiography, Always Red. The launch party, in a room above a Westminster pub, was packed with leading figures from the Labour left, including former shadow chancellor John McDonnell and ex-communications chief Seumas Milne.

Mr Corbyn gave a speech praising Mr McCluskey’s leadership of Unite – and for his ‘support and friendship during some very difficult times’, particularly during the failed ‘coup’ against him in 2016.”

“Former union boss Len McCluskey has accused Sir Keir Starmer of going back on a private deal to readmit Jeremy Corbyn to the Labour party.

The former general secretary of the Unite union said Sir Keir was ‘dishonourable’ and would become someone the public would not trust.”

“Former Unite boss Len McCluskey has accused Keir Starmer of breaking his promise to let Jeremy Corbyn back into the Labour party.

Mr McCluskey claimed that Mr Starmer had reneged on a pledge to readmit the former leader back into Labour’s ranks…

The story was redacted from review copies of Mr McCluskey’s new autobiography Always Red due to its sensitive nature.”

“Len McCluskey has revealed for the first time his detailed recollection of negotiations with Keir Starmer to readmit Jeremy Corbyn to the Labour party, accusing the leader of reneging on private promises.

The former Unite general secretary, who stepped down last month, said Starmer ‘risks becoming fixed in the public’s mind as someone who can’t be trusted’. Writing in the Guardian, he gives an account of the private conversations – a section redacted in review copies of his memoir Always Red because of its sensitivity.”

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“If [Keir Starmer] is not careful, he risks becoming fixed in the public’s mind as someone who can’t be trusted. Sadly, my own experience of dealing with Starmer – as leader of Labour’s largest trade union affiliate until last month – offers nothing to dispel this image…

When Starmer took over, I hoped for good relations between us. To begin with, that’s how they were. Contrary to what might be expected, I spoke to Starmer far more than I ever did Jeremy Corbyn. But that all changed after Starmer’s destructive decision to suspend his predecessor from the party in October last year.

As I explain in greater depth in my book, Always Red, the final breakdown came not over the suspension itself – although I thought that a hot-headed act – but when Starmer chose to break an honest deal agreed between us for Corbyn’s readmission to the party.”

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“Len McCluskey secretly plotted to bring Britain to its knees with a general strike disrupting the supply of food and power… The secret plan… and the manner of its implementation is expected to be outlined in forensic detail in his forthcoming autobiography, Always Red.”

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“The Labour Party could ‘go under’ with Sir Keir Starmer as its leader, the head of its biggest trade union donor has said.

Len McCluskey, who is retiring as general secretary of Unite later this month, accused Starmer of moving the party to the right with ‘vapid New Labour clichés’ and an ‘anti-democratic crackdown on the left’.

His parting shot comes in a memoir, Always Red, which is set to be published on the day of Starmer’s speech at Labour’s annual conference next month.”

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