Labour was at war with its biggest donor after Len McCluskey, the leader of Unite, accused Ed Miliband of a “smear” and “a stitch-up” in a bitter dispute over the union's influence inside the party. Mr Miliband was engulfed in his biggest crisis since becoming Labour leader as Tom Watson resigned from his post in charge of the party's 2015 general election campaign. He had been criticised by some senior Labour colleagues amid controversy over Unite's attempts to install Karie Murphy, the manager of his Commons office, as the party's candidate in Falkirk, Scotland, at the election. Ms Murphy and Stephen Deans, chairman of Falkirk Labour Party, were suspended from the party as Labour rushed...
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