NS#266: Len McCluskey Speaks His Mind

Helen and Stephen discuss the Brexiteers' magical thinking on the customs union, Len McCluskey's forthright intervention on anti-Semitism in the Labour party in this week's New Statesman magazine, and the new statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square.

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Further reading:

Len McCluskey: The Corbyn ulitmatum.


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