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UNITE general secretary Sharon Graham said today that Labour has been too timid — and vowed to keep the party’s feet to the fire.
The leader of the party’s biggest union backer said Labour had to make a better offer for workers ahead of the next general election.
She told Sky News: “I want them to win.
“But there’s a difference between limping into No 10 and being carried in there to say, look, actually this person is going to come in and they’re going to bat for us.”
She added that she was not embarrassed to make it uncomfortable for Labour by raising issues like the renationalisation of energy, investment in steel, oil and gas because “that’s my job.”
“I want a Labour government that is going to make real change to people’s lives.
“And I think at the moment Labour have been too timid.”
Ms Graham said that after 13 years of Tories batting for big business and batting for the rich, it was time for Labour “to come in and bat for our side: bat for workers and bat for communities.”
