But we have to be clear: the delay in introducing this legislation, an unwillingness to use the Parliament Act, and the bad faith interference of those who would see Labour ditch the whole project have left unions high and dry in the wrangling of the last few weeks.
It’s time for a change of direction and the development of a second Employment Rights Act which fulfils manifesto commitments on single worker status and sectoral collective bargaining - policies that are popular with the mainstream of the Labour Party and the country.
