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BRITAIN’S labour movement must remain “vigilant” and put itself on a “war footing,” Labour MP Ian Mearns told the RMT AGM yesterday.
The backbencher told delegates that his party’s radical 2017 manifesto could form the foundations of a “ground war” to “save Britain, save our families from the wreckage and the carnage being heaped upon us by the Tory Party.”
He said that behind the “unholy mess” of arguments over Brexit, “Parliament does trundle on almost like a zombie,” suggesting that the Tories’ lack of a Commons majority was limiting the government to legislating on areas of minor concern.
“We have to be vigilant. The government do try to sneak all kinds of things in through the back door,” Mr Mearns warned, citing the example of statutory instruments being used in place of new primary legislation.
“At the same time, we do have to be on a war footing,” he added.
“I fundamentally believe that if we can run a ground war, we can win a general election.”
