The financial whip hand that union barons have over the party is of little use now for if they withhold donations, as bolshier elements wish, a Tory victory becomes more certain.

• 如果工会头头如左派人士所愿撤回对工党的经费捐助，那他们对该党财政的控制力就所剩无几，使得托利党获胜的希望更大了。