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Jewish Voice for Labour urges Unite left candidates to reach an agreement

UNITE’S three left-wing hopefuls for the position of general secretary must reach an agreement and back one candidate of the left, Jewish Labour Party members have said.

Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL) secretary Glyn Secker warned that if Steve Turner, Sharon Graham and Howard Beckett continue to run against one another and split the left vote, they could gift the position — and therefore one of Britain’s most influential unions — to right-wing candidate Gerard Coyne.

Secker said in a statement: “This will be a major setback for the left — not only in the union but in the whole of the labour movement, including the Labour Party.

“The consequences, not only for Unite’s members, but for millions across the country, will be severe. It will be the nail in the coffin for the whole Corbyn project and a setback of massive proportions for millions in poverty, ground down by austerity.

“It will enable the right to dominate the trade union movement, to consolidate their control of the Labour Party and to complete their project to destroy the left.

“And this would happen just when the left is reasserting itself in Unison and with the prospect of a fightback at Labour Party conference.”

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