Media contributions
1Media contributions
Title Labour conference pitted unions against members on the two biggest issues of the day Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet The Conversation Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 24/09/19 Description Since his election to the Labour leadership in 2015 Jeremy Corbyn has regularly cited the significance of the party’s mass membership. However, the lay members of the “largest political party in western Europe” have increasingly come into conflict with a leader who has spent a lifetime arguing for the supremacy of conference. Somewhat ironically in 2019 Corbyn has relied on the bloc votes of the trade unions, rather than the mass membership which elected him, to push through his policy agenda on Brexit and, to some extent, the Green New Deal. Producer/Author The Conversation URL https://theconversation.com/labour-conference-pitted-unions-against-members-on-the-two-biggest-issues-of-the-day-124061 Persons Christopher Massey