| What do you study? http://www.susieglaze.com/stmap_3a1e0.html?colospa.levitra.triphala cost of epilepsy drugs Therefore Labour leaders often run in fear of being soft on unions, and this in turn can lead them into being trapped, or trapping themselves, into situations where they end up trying to take the unions on in order the get electoral credibility. This worked for Blair in 1995 when he abolished Labour's commitment to nationalisation. It worked less well for Callaghan in the winter of 1978-79, or for Wilson 'In Place of Strife', his plans to reform union law, in 1969. The danger for Miliband is that in trying to satisfy the anti-union agenda of his opponents he will lose control of the debate and support within his party. The opportunity, perhaps, is that by being 'tough' he can win over new supporters. But those new supporters are unlikely to remain supporters for very long if this is all he has to offer. It is interesting that Lord Whitty has refused the invitation to oversee the changes – seeing them as 'unworkable'. Whitty is no fool, having been the party's general secretary at a time of considerable positive reform under Neil Kinnock in the 1980s.
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