Now there have been some allegations flying around that there are people in the parliamentary Labour Party who want to get rid of that link  and I want to categorically say that there is no serious figure in the Labour Party who shares that opinion  there's no one in the G M B group who takes that view  there's no one in the Shadow Cabinet  and what is more, I know from my own personal experience, and my dealings with him over thirty years, that there is no greater supporter of the trades union link than John Smith himself!