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TSSA conference 2015: ‘Weak stance on austerity led to defeat’
Labour attacked over ambivalent message

TRANSPORT union leaders took Labour to task yesterday, blaming the party’s “two-way” message on austerity for its catastrophic general election results.

Opening the 2015 conference of transport union TSSA, president Mick Carney told his membership that the party’s defeat was an “unmitigated disaster” that needed careful assessment by the movement.

“We failed to get across our message. In some ways, I’m not even sure what our message was,” he told a room packed with delegates.

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