RED LEN: MPS PLOTTING TO OUST CORBYN ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE
Unite boss Len McCluskey accused rebels of a 'sickening' attempt to remove Mr Corbyn
Senior Labour MPs plotting to oust Jeremy Corbyn are 'playing with fire', Unite union boss Len McCluskey has warned.
He
said the issue was being used as the 'thin edge to stage a coup' - and
insisted his union would fight 'all the way' to prevent the tactic
working.
In
an article for Huffington Post, Mr McCluskey - who endorsed Mr Corbyn's
bid for the leadership but has since criticised his performance - made
clear that he thought David Cameron's plan to extend airstrikes from
Iraq to Syria was 'illegal and irrational'.
He pointed out Mr Corbyn had an 'overwhelming' mandate from 60 per cent of Labour Party supporters.'
In
a stark warning to Labour MPs plotting against the leader, Mr McCluskey
added: 'They are playing with fire. Any attempt to force Labour's
leader out through a Westminster Palace-coup will be resisted all the
way by Unite and, I believe, most party members and affiliated unions.'
'He
has been denounced for writing to MPs and party members making his
views on Syria clear - as if his huge mandate, which included support
for his long-standing anti-war record, had simply earned him the right
to be seen but not heard,' Mr McCluskey said
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