{"title":"Len McCluskey","description":"\u003cp\u003eLen McCluskey’s works offer a compelling blend of personal reflection and cultural insight, inviting readers into a world shaped by passion and purpose. With titles such as \u003cem\u003eAlways Red\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePoetry for the Many\u003c\/em\u003e, his writing navigates the intersections of biography, memoir, and contemporary arts, giving voice to collective experience and individual conviction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect an evocative exploration of identity and activism, where memory and creativity fuse to challenge and inspire. 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Head of the giant Unite union for more than a decade, he is a unique and powerful figure on the political stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this major autobiography, \u003cem\u003eAlways Red\u003c\/em\u003e, McCluskey throws back the curtains on life at the top of the Labour movement—with explosive revelations about his dealings with Keir Starmer, the behind-the-scenes battles of the Corbyn era, his secret Brexit negotiations with Theresa May's government, the spectacular bust-up with his former friend Tom Watson, and his tortuous relationship with Ed Miliband.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMcCluskey is no run-of-the-mill trade unionist. Fiercely political, unflinchingly left wing, he is a true workers' leader. His politics were formed in Liverpool at a time of dock strikes, the Beatles, and the May 1968 revolution in Paris. 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