Just on the subject of trade unions, Labour would cease to exist without them, as their (millions of) members' subscriptions contribute to its funding, and sinc

Just on the subject of trade unions, Labour would cease to exist without them, as their (millions of) members' subscriptions contribute to its funding, and since Corbyn they have had a significantly larger role in the NEC than in the Blair/Brown years. Now that he has left there is all sorts bitter in-fighting, and the prospect that the radical factions could break away (or stay and cause Starmer an unending stream of headaches). https://labourlist.org/2020/11/labour-left-furious-at-plan-to-block-corbyn-ally-from-becoming-nec-chair/ https://labourlist.org/2020/11/labour-left-furious-at-plan-t... https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/momentum-crisis-labour-party https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/momentum-crisis-...