Media captionLen McCluskey warns Labour critics over Unite poll Who leads the Unite union is significant – it is the country"s biggest, and has members in many strategically important industries.
And, in most years, it is also the Labour Party"s single biggest source of funds.
The election of Unite"s general secretary is something of a proxy battle in the struggle for Labour"s soul.
There is a widespread belief among many of the party"s MPs that if there is an early election, Jeremy Corbyn will not only lead Labour, he will lead it to defeat, and then probably step aside.
There is a hope that if the election takes place as scheduled in 2020, Mr Corbyn will choose to stand aside sooner if polling remains bleak.
Even his shadow home secretary Diane Abbott has suggested he has a year to turn the poor polls around. Under either scenario, there would be another leadership contest in the next few years. Those on the left would want to see Mr Corbyn replaced by a ..
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