Stanistreet

I'm stepping into Jeremy's shoes and that is daunting, says Stanistreet.

Michelle Stanistreet: The NUJ will punch above its weight 2011

Dear, who often addressed the Express chapel, noted the way the journalists responded to Stanistreet, who was jokingly nicknamed by colleagues as "the imperial mother".

Michelle Stanistreet: The NUJ will punch above its weight 2011

Not that Michelle Stanistreet was voted into the post.

Michelle Stanistreet: The NUJ will punch above its weight 2011

Stanistreet is as far removed from the stereotypical image of a trade union demagogue as it's possible to be.

Michelle Stanistreet: The NUJ will punch above its weight 2011

Stanistreet is one of the few people to have stood up to the Express Newspapers proprietor, Richard Desmond.

Michelle Stanistreet: The NUJ will punch above its weight 2011

Three years later, when the Express ran a series of splashes about Britain being "swamped" by the supposed influx of 1.6 million Gypsies, Stanistreet was mother of the chapel when the union went to the PCC again.

Michelle Stanistreet: The NUJ will punch above its weight 2011

Stanistreet, 36, was born and raised in that crucible of militant trade unionism, Liverpool.

Michelle Stanistreet: The NUJ will punch above its weight 2011

Stanistreet doesn't mention that fact until we rise from the table after our talk.

Michelle Stanistreet: The NUJ will punch above its weight 2011

Michelle Stanistreet with Jeremy Dear, who she is replacing as NUJ general secretary, at a protest outside the Libyan embassy.

Michelle Stanistreet: The NUJ will punch above its weight 2011

He spotted Stanistreet's potential and is acknowledged as her mentor.

Michelle Stanistreet: The NUJ will punch above its weight 2011