Ed Miliband uses "Falkirk" to attack Labour's union link
None of the plans for change in Labour Party structures which Ed Miliband announced on 9 July have any relation even to alleged, let alone to proven, misdeeds in Falkirk. It has been known for a while that Ed Miliband wanted at least some curtailing of union clout in the Labour Party. He tried to achieve it through the "Refounding Labour" operation, but was mostly knocked back, and then there seemed to be stalemate. Now Miliband - maybe panicked by the agitation from the right-wing Labour pressure group Progress and the Tory press; more probably seizing on Falkirk to make a push for things he...