Front page, the whole of page 34, and sections of pages 35 and 36 of today's Guardian taken up by Tom Watson MP's disloyal undermining of Ed Miliband, dressed up as oh-so-loyal more in sadness than anger sober assessment of what he subtly condemns as the "pinkish shadow of the Coalition".
In the Editorial of the Guardian mention is made of the special conference called for next spring to debate the links between the Labour party and the unions.
Are we seeing the Labour party entering a phase of civil war?
And is it wise to hold such a sensitive conference barely a year before the general election?
Both sides seem to expect the other to back down. "Give in to me or the Labour Party gets it" Len McClusky and Ed Miliband seem to be saying to each other. It's a battle the Unite union cannot win.
Increasingly the Unite contest with Ed Miliband reminds me of the episode in Monty Python and the Holy Grail when King Arthur meets the Black Knight and cuts off his arms and legs and the Black Knight still wants to keep scrapping: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eMkth8FWno
"None shall pass" indeed.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/aug/16/tom-watson-accuses-labour-injustice-falkirk
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