McCluskey praises Miliband’s “courage” and says “this is no longer new Labour”

After a difficult few months in the relationship between Ed Miliband and Labour’s biggest affiliate Unite in the wake of the Falkirk selection (and recently, the row between Michael Dugher and Unite) – but is the relationship improving? It seems to be based on a speech Len McCluskey gave in Glasgow last night to the Jimmy Reid Foundation, in which the Unite General Secretary praised Miliband’s “courage”, as well as saying:

“To say that the next Westminster Labour government will not let the energy monopolies carry on ripping us off, to say that the property speculators will no longer be able to stop our kids getting a decent roof over their heads, and to tell the biggest companies that they are going to have to pay more tax – that is not just a break with the Coalition’s policies, it also represents Labour turning its back on the neo-liberal dogmas which dominated the Blair-Brown years.  There is no doubt that this is no longer “new Labour” as we knew it.”