article_snippet: But the heavyweight the front bench should be really worried about is Len McCluskey, the general secretary of Unite, who is enraged by the actions of Ed Miliband and Harman.
article_snippet: For Len McCluskey, the general secretary of Unite, who is enraged by the actions of Miliband and Harman is the most powerful Left-wing union boss since miners’ leader Arthur Scargill.
article_snippet: Furious: McCluskey, is enraged by the actions of Ed Miliband and Harman .
article_snippet: Now, Ed Miliband has crossed McCluskey again and — only weeks before the General Election — senior Unite officials are privately plotting how to wreak senior Unite officials revenge for the latest rebuff to Murphy’s parliamentary ambitions.
article_snippet: Ed Miliband can ill-afford to make an enemy of McCluskey and Unite, for no other modern Labour leader has had to rely so heavily on one union to ensure the financial survival of the Labour Party.
article_snippet: One senior Labour figure said: ‘It will just take the word from McCluskey for The Unite activists to stay at home, and then our marginal seats operation is in big trouble.
article_snippet: ‘Our membership need union members, which is why this argument with McCluskey could not come at a worse time.
article_snippet: Unite, whose block vote swung the leadership for Ed over Ed brother David in 2010, has an enormous, and some Labour MPs say ‘unhealthy’, sway over the party.
article_snippet: Ed Miliband (pictured) can ill-afford to make an enemy of McCluskey and Unite, for no other modern Labour leader has had to rely so heavily on one union to ensure the financial survival of the party .
article_snippet: Since Miliband became general secretary of Unite in January 2011, McCluskey, according to the union’s own data, has had 11 official meetings with the Labour leader - though it is not known how often they talk on the telephone or meet in private.
article_snippet: Unite’s paw prints can be seen on a number of policies which Miliband has announced.
highlights_snippet: Unite general secretary Len McCluskey enraged by actions of Ed Miliband and Harriet Harman .