Commenting on the Green Party victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election today (Friday), UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan said:
“The Greens won for a simple reason. Many traditional Labour supporters, in Manchester and across the country, want to see progressive values robustly defended against the far-right, not gleefully abandoned.
“A Labour government should be standing up for workers, defending migrants and refugees, and taking the fight to Nigel Farage rather than letting him set the agenda.
“Under Keir Starmer the party is failing on every count, leaving the Greens to fill the vacuum.
“Cosying up to the rich and powerful, and protecting their interests whilst attacking ordinary working people and the left has singularly failed. The prime minister is now reaping the electoral consequences of that strategy.
“If the government wants to survive, it urgently needs to stand up for workers and defend our fundamental values.”
Notes to editors:
– UNISON is the UK’s largest union, with more than 1.3 million members providing public services in education, local government, the NHS, police service and energy. They are employed in the public, voluntary and private sectors.
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