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CONSERVATIVE PARTY CHAIRMAN BARONESS WARSI:
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Ed Miliband wasn't the choice of his MPs, wasn't the choice of Labour Party members but was put in to power by union votes. I'm afraid this looks like a great leap backwards for the Labour Party.
TONY WOODLEY, JOINT LEADER, UNITE UNION:
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We welcome Ed's victory - this is a fantastic achievement for him and for the policies he has been promoting. His victory, coming from nowhere a few months ago, is a clear sign that the party wants change, to move on from New Labour and reconnect with working people. Ed has won by hitting the issues people care about - stopping the assassination of public services, fighting for a living wage, standing up for manufacturing, a better future for young people. Now the party must unite behind its new leadership and take the fight to the Tories.
DAVE PRENTIS, GENERAL SECRETARY, UNISON:
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Unison backed Ed Miliband because of the way he listened and understood the needs of ordinary working people. We look forward to working together to challenge the coalition government and its regressive cuts agenda. Under Ed's leadership, Labour must offer an alternative economic strategy, promoting growth and recovery, together with fairness ... As a priority, Ed must reconnect with Labour's lost voters, including public sector workers, many of whom have been turned off in the past because they believed that Labour had deserted them.
DAVID BLUNKETT, FORMER HOME SECRETARY:
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We've never seen anything quite like what we've had, with two brothers neck and neck. These are brothers. They're blood brothers. They can't afford to fall out in the way we had with Tony and Gordon, and neither can we."
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