Secret document shows Unite attempt to influence 41 selections

Today?s PMQs was dubbed the ?Len McCluskey show? after David Cameron turned almost every answer into an attack on Labour?s links to the Unite union ? as Kiran pointed out earlier.

And now a private document from Unite has emerged which spells out its attempts to support candidates in no fewer than 41 constituencies.

In the report, the union?s political officer describes a ?furious? operation to help with selections, with more than three officials working almost full-time on ?candidate selection matters?.

He notes the growing press interest in the ?malign? influence of the union, adding: ?A Times editorial attacking us is a medal of honour.?

Despite the ?vilification? over Falkirk ? where the union has been accused of flooding the seat with members ahead of the

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Source: http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2013/07/secret-document-shows-unite-attempt-to-influence-41-selections/

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