It comes as the union announced it was to cut its affiliation funds in the wake of the row over party reforms. (itv.com)
Indeed, can't I equally argue that Neal Lawson risks narrowing his coalition of support for electoral reform by suggesting that the existence of a national campaign on PR means postponing or vetoing any consideration of party reform issues on their merits (where he seems to argue that the principle would be one he would support, were it not for this context)? (nextleft.org)
He added that the handling of Ray Collins» report on party reform showed our ability to keep focused on the real enemy, and I hope that this can be maintained through 2014, when the special conference will give the media reasons to keep running anti-union and anti-Labour stories. (leftfutures.org)