Len McCluskey urges Lib Dem MPs to come over to opposition
11 March 2011
Speaking at an anti-cuts rally in Sheffield tomorrow
(Saturday 12 March), Unite general secretary Len McCluskey is
expected to say: “It’s time for Liberal Democrats to break with the
coalition and come over to the side of the British people.
“Nick Clegg has turned Lib Dems into shock troops for a Tory
counter-revolution that aims to dismantle everything ordinary
British people have built up over generations – the NHS, the
welfare state, the very fabric of our communities threatened by the
cuts.
“We know that Lib Dem voters reject the course he has chosen.
Polls and by-election results – not least in Barnsley up the road -
tell us that. But I have come to Sheffield to appeal – not to
Nick Clegg – but to Lib Dem councillors, activists and, yes, Lib
Dem MPs, to put the people first, put their consciences first and
come over to the opposition where they will find a warm
welcome.”
ENDS
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Unite is working to support the growing number of Lib Dems worried
about the serious implications for the NHS contained in the Health
and Social bill.
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