[joeysteele]

Labour generally though always had union members as candidates for elections anyway. if you are donating the funds the Unions do to Labour then representation is pefectly in order to try to achieve.
In all situations things will be mismanaged and some problems will occur.

It is wrong to bypass any electoral process but no matter what candidate Labour has anywhere, it is still in the end the voters who will decide if they get to Parliament or not as an MP, not the Unions.

I think Ed Miliband is doing the right thing, I will wait to see what he proposes at the party conference but I applaud that he is even willing to look at the issue never mind take it on.
That is far more than can be said for David Cameron and the Conservatives and if anyone thinks big business doesn't get taken into consideration when sometimes selecting Conservative candidates then that is also misguided.