article_snippet: And the reason for their fury at the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party?
article_snippet: And that committee was given a clear instruction by Ed Miliband: block Karie Murphy at all costs.
article_snippet: Relations between Ed Miliband and the union were put under further strain when Linda Riordan, the retiring Halifax Labour MP, accused the party leadership of dirty tricks.
article_snippet: Linda Riordan, the retiring Halifax Labour MP has made a formal protest to Iain McNicol, Labour’s general secretary.
article_snippet: So why was the usually clueless Ed Miliband so determined to stop Murphy?
article_snippet: The answer is to be found far to the north of Halifax, in Falkirk, where Karie Murphy’s candidacy in the Labour selection process in 2013 triggered a vote-rigging scandal so serious the police were called in by Ed Miliband.
article_snippet: After the Falkirk row, Miliband - who pointedly refused to apologise to Murphy — announced reforms to the party’s links with the unions.
article_snippet: ‘to support getting Labour back into power to prevent the Tory-led Coalition from wreaking any more damage upon the economy .
article_snippet: Cruddas, significantly, is in charge of Miliband’s stuttering policy review.
article_snippet: It’s why McCluskey has also had meetings with Cruddas and Ed Balls, the Shadow Chancellor.
article_snippet: The policy has been disowned by leading Blairites such as Lord Mandelson, major Labour donors, and just about every Labour MP hoping to secure the party’s nomination to be London Mayoral candidate next year.
article_snippet: Two months later, in McCluskey party conference speech, Miliband pledged to do just that.
article_snippet: Two years later it duly became official Labour party policy.
article_snippet: But despite the agreements on Left-wing policy, the row over Karie Murphy threatens to overshadow Labour’s election campaign.
article_snippet: Dromey had the backing of the New Labour machine from Tony Blair down.
article_snippet: One senior source said:
highlights_snippet: Given Instructions by Ed Miliband to block the Unite candidate at all costs .
  