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Viewing cable 06LONDON7626, PRO UNION MP SEEKS DEPUTY LABOUR PARTY POST

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06LONDON7626 2006-10-26 16:33 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy London
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TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0074
INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE
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RUEHBL/AMCONSUL BELFAST 0653
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 LONDON 007626 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV ELAB SCUL UK
SUBJECT: PRO UNION MP SEEKS DEPUTY LABOUR PARTY POST 
 
 
LONDON 00007626  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
Sensitive, not for internet. 
 
1. (SBU) Summary:  Two term Labour MP Jon Cruddas is part of 
a crowded field seeking the post of Deputy Party Leader (DPL) 
when the incumbent (and Deputy PM) John Prescott steps down 
with PM Blair.  Cruddas believes Labour has lost its 
progressive character and its ties to the working class, and 
wants to correct that.  He is appalled by what he sees as the 
leadership's recent pandering on issues like Muslim veils and 
Eastern European migrant workers, which he thinks only 
emboldens the neo-fascists in the British National Party.  He 
comes to the party election with strong union support, but 
needs to find a way to bring in other elements.  Cruddas is a 
long time labor contact of the US embassy, and a former 
International Visitor Program grantee.  End Summary 
 
A Reluctant New Ager 
 
2. (U) Speaking to PolOff and LabCouns October 24, Cruddas 
sheepishly acknowledged his new campaign blog 
(www.joncruddas.org.uk) saying he had never even seen one 
until his campaign created one for him. He said his friends 
in the trade union movement talked him into running for 
Deputy Party Leader and now he and his family were trying to 
get used to the idea. 
 
3. (SBU) He insisted he was not interested in using the party 
post as a steppingstone to a government one.  He believes no 
one has time to be both Deputy PM and deputy party leader, 
and is campaigning to break that link while combining the 
posts of DPL  and Party Chairman  His vision for the role of 
DPL is to be a bridge between the government (when Labour is 
in power) and the party rank-and-file.  On policy, he wants 
Labour to be more inclusive and more progressive than it is 
currently.   He described it as an "hourglass" party, with 
successful professionals at the top, almost no middle, and a 
large and forgotten base of poor workers at the bottom.  His 
own working class constituency of Dagenham, outside London, 
is typical of the bottom of the hourglass.  Its remaining 
workers at a Ford plant, one of Europe's largest public 
housing complexes and a growing immigrant population make it 
a "safe" seat for Labour, and so it is ignored.  Cruddas 
thinks this is exactly backwards.  Constituencies like his 
should be a focus of attention for Labour, both because of 
their loyalty and of the tectonic forces at work there.   He 
derides the "50 seat strategy" which targets a small handful 
of key elections through government programs and Labour party 
resources.  "Why not a 650 seat strategy?" Cruddas asked. 
 
Social Change at Ground Level 
 
4.  (SBU) The gap between the old line "angry white males" 
and the new migrants is not being exploited by the 
Conservatives, but by the far right British National Party 
(BNP), whom Cruddas called "fascists".  (In the 2005 election 
the BNP fell 300 votes behind the Liberal Democrats in 4th 
place, far behind Cruddas.)   Cruddas cited recent cases in 
his district that typify these pressures.  In one case, a 
crew of Lithuanian workers was performing a maintenance 
contract for the government, on pay of 15 a day when the 
minimum wage is 5.35 per hour.  In another, an independent 
contractor carpenter reported his income has declined 20% in 
recent years, because of competition from Eastern European 
migrants.  The carpenter worries that he can no longer 
support his family.  In a third, a group of 8 migrants were 
found living in a shed across the street from the state 
school.  Cruddas said these pressures are eroding any 
commitment in his constituency to a "multicultural Britain" 
and feeding support for the BNP.  He does 
not believe his own Labour Party is addressing them.  He said 
Labour, after nearly ten years in power, is falling into the 
trap of defending its record instead of proposing new ways 
forward.   He mused that his views will seem confrontational 
to some in the party.  He wondered aloud how to perform the 
balancing act of reassuring his party colleagues while 
challenging many of their positions. 
 
Opposes Party on Veil and Migrant Workers 
 
5. (SBU) Cruddas is similarly appalled at what he says as 
Labour's pandering on issues of diversity.  He cited the 
Muslim veil debate and the decision to restrict work rights 
for the next two EU members, Bulgaria and Romania.  He 
believes statements by Jack Straw and Tony Blair on wearing a 
veil, no matter how nuanced, are interpreted in the street as 
attacks on Muslims, and make BNP supporters feel they have 
high level support for their anti-foreign agenda.  "I'm a 
Catholic," he said, "Suppose this was a debate about wearing 
 
LONDON 00007626  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
Catholic religious symbols.  I'd feel threatened too." 
(NOTE:  Both Straw and Blair made clear it is a woman's right 
to choose to wear a full-face veil in public; their 
carefully-worded statements expressed concern that concealing 
one's face inevitably creates separation that can undermine 
social cohesion.  END NOTE.) 
 
6.  (SBU) He sees no economic argument to justify restricting 
Romanian and Bulgarian workers.  He thinks the government was 
stung by criticism that it failed to anticipate the wave of 
workers that followed the last round of EU accession and now 
is compelled to be seen as taking action. 
 
Strong Union Roots 
 
7.  (U) Cruddas is proud of his ties to the trade unions and 
thinks the best of them are doing important work in his 
constituency and elsewhere.  He cited the GMB's outreach in 
Dagenham.   Their financial support to Labour is 
considerable.  Each member in a Labour-affiliated union 
generates 3 for the party - the largest single source of 
revenue for the UK's governing party.  With a widening 
investigation into other revenue sources (the "money for 
peerages" scandal) union funding will be even more crucial. 
He is knowledgeable about the US union movement and noted 
that British unions are beginning to adopt some of the 
grassroots get-out-the-vote techniques pioneered in the US. 
 
Bio Notes: 
 
8.  (U) Cruddas is a long time friend of the US embassy, 
having been sponsored for an IV visit by a previous Labor 
Counselor and maintaining strong ties to his successor.  He 
is a policy wonk who relishes discussions of issues and 
strategies.  He has a Ph. D. in labor economics from Warwick 
University (with some post-grad work at Wisconsin-Madison). 
His wife, Anna Mary Healy, is also politically active and 
currently works on his staff.  They have a 13 year old son. 
 
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