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| Labour and Unite row over Falkirk seat | Labour and Unite row over Falkirk seat |
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| A furious row has broken out between Labour and its biggest financial backer over the selection of a candidate for the next general election. | A furious row has broken out between Labour and its biggest financial backer over the selection of a candidate for the next general election. |
| The party said it could exclude some people from voting and possibly standing in the seat of Falkirk, after claims that the Unite union was trying to "stitch up" the selection by cramming the constituency with new members. | The party said it could exclude some people from voting and possibly standing in the seat of Falkirk, after claims that the Unite union was trying to "stitch up" the selection by cramming the constituency with new members. |
| A new candidate is needed due to the resignation from Labour of sitting MP Eric Joyce in March last year, following a brawl in a Commons bar. | A new candidate is needed due to the resignation from Labour of sitting MP Eric Joyce in March last year, following a brawl in a Commons bar. |
| Labour's ruling national executive committee found "sufficient evidence for concern" about the legitimacy of some new recruits to the Falkirk party. The NEC put the constituency into "special measures" and said the process of selecting a candidate for the 2015 poll will be taken over by the national and Scottish parties. | Labour's ruling national executive committee found "sufficient evidence for concern" about the legitimacy of some new recruits to the Falkirk party. The NEC put the constituency into "special measures" and said the process of selecting a candidate for the 2015 poll will be taken over by the national and Scottish parties. |
| Unite responded with fury to the announcement, which appears to have put paid to the hopes of its favoured candidate, Karie Murphy, who has worked in the office of Labour election co-ordinator Tom Watson. | Unite responded with fury to the announcement, which appears to have put paid to the hopes of its favoured candidate, Karie Murphy, who has worked in the office of Labour election co-ordinator Tom Watson. |
| The union said it rejected the decision "on behalf of the many decent trade unionists who have joined the party in good faith and are now to be denied any say in the choice of their Labour parliamentary candidate". Adding that no allegations had been put to Unite, it said: "The intervention by party officials into this process has been driven by Blairite pressure to exclude trade unionists from any influence in the party." | The union said it rejected the decision "on behalf of the many decent trade unionists who have joined the party in good faith and are now to be denied any say in the choice of their Labour parliamentary candidate". Adding that no allegations had been put to Unite, it said: "The intervention by party officials into this process has been driven by Blairite pressure to exclude trade unionists from any influence in the party." |
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