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leave us a particularly fast overview. I am very, very honored to be joined by Steve Turner

of Unite, a seasoned trade unionist, and of course, candidate to be the next general secretary

of Unite, trade union. I'm a member myself of Unite, have been ever since it was founded via

merger of its predecessors, Amicus and the T&G. It's the big honor to have you. Hello, hello,

hello. And honor to be with you. And so what we'll do, just to kick out, just so people know,

there is a big, big, big general secretary election in Unite, which is the biggest private

sector union in the country and has been at the absolute centre of many of the great trade union

struggles, been at the absolute forefront of organising workers who have been pommeled over

the last few years because of the Tory government's policies and suffered as key workers

during COVID-19. And of course, plays a key role within the Labour party and let McCluskey

for those who don't, I'm sure everyone does know, has been someone who's played a formidable role

in all of that in the direction in terms of the Labour party, in terms of union organising,

and a lot of grassroots struggles outside of the formal Labour movement. And now there are four

candidate standing, three of them on the left, one of them is on the right, Gerard Coyne, who is

somebody who very much wants the Labour party to be on the right and would leave Unite a toothless

union. I'm just saying, as it is, people, no, I say, I express my opinions, I don't pretend

to be an impartial news reporter, I'm, of course, an opinion writer, so that's where things stand.

And this is an existential election because if Gerard Coyne wins and it is a first pass, the supposed

system to determine the next general secretary of Unite, that will mean a dramatic shift in the

direction of Unite and the Labour party. So you just spell it out, what's its date here? Because

three left wing candidates, three candidates on the left, one right wing candidate, in Unison,

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