article_snippet: It comes just days after a row erupted over Labour MPs rejecting £1,000 donations from the triple election winner.
article_snippet: The ex-PM has warned that fighting on a 'traditional left-wing' platform was a recipe for defeat for Labour.
article_snippet: But claims Blair is working to limit the influence of the unions has sparked a row among left-wing Labour MPs who accused Blair of pursuing 'underhand tactics'.
article_snippet: Ed Miliband has been seen as too left-wing since the moment Ed Miliband narrowly beat Ed Miliband brother David to the leadership with the support of the unions.
article_snippet: Unite chief Len McCluskey has warned Labour that funding for Labour election warchest is dependent on pursing policies chief Len McCluskey supports.
article_snippet: It is also claimed that chief Len McCluskey is demanding chief Len McCluskey friend Karie Murphy be included in a shortlist to be the Labour candidate in Halifax.
article_snippet: The Unite activist was embroiled in allegations of vote-rigging in the Falkirk seat, but was cleared of wrongdoing.
article_snippet: It is the latest example of the growing influence of New Labour grandees in the effort to secure a victory for Labour.
article_snippet: Labour leader Ed Miliband is under pressure from Blairites not to lurch to the left in the days before the election .
article_snippet: Labour leader Ed Miliband has appointed former Deputy PM John Prescott as an adviser on climate change, while ex-spin doctor Alastair Campbell is playing an increasingly high profile role in the run-up to the election.
article_snippet: But Mr Blair invokvement provoked the wrath of Jim Sheridan, the chairman of the Unite group of Labour MPs. '
article_snippet: so if this guy [Allam] or Mr Blair are working against the party, then I think people will be really angry and frustrated.'
article_snippet: Last week ex-spin doctor Alastair Campbell Alastair Campbell publicly attacked Labour candidates turning down donations from Mr Blair - and warned Labour candidates should prepare for another Tory government.
article_snippet: At least two candidates - Lesley Brennan and Sally Keeble - rejected Mr Blair after Mr Blair offered 106 key battleground seats £1,000 each to fight the election.
article_snippet: ex-spin doctor Alastair Campbell accused Labour candidates of being 'attention seeking' and questioned whether Labour candidates wanted to win.
highlights_snippet: Follows row over Labour candidates rejecting £1,000 donations from Blair .