Len McCluskey: Media attacks on Unite are “a proxy for smearing the Labour Party and Ed Miliband”

Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey has today argued that recent sustained attacks on Unite in the press are “a proxy for smearing the Labour Party and Ed Miliband” – and that he expects further attacks to come. In a speech to Unite’s industrial sectors, McCluskey said:

“We are a proxy for smearing the Labour Party and Ed Miliband, since the same elite is now worried that a Labour government which may itself not play by the old rules is a possibility.”

“They will continue because that is the Lynton Crosby agenda – the genius behind the racist “go home” vans touring our cities; the man who believes the Tory path back to power lies in demonising the poor, the disabled, the vulnerable; the man imported by David Cameron to poison our national life so he can get a new tenure on Downing Street.”

The speech also went on to attack the Daily Mail – echoing Miliband’s recent row with the paper – calling them “a stream of poison in British society”, which follows a lengthy statement last week which also took aim at the press.