Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
Why Britain needs Labour to find its feet — fast
BBC News - Will geeks inherit the earth?. Like it or not (and I don't), our electoral system is locked into "us" and "them". Government and official opposition. That's how the system works and, though I believe it's time to change it, as long as it is the system (to paraphrase Clint Eastwood in Magnum Force), we have to make it work. Until [...]
Milk saved — evidence of the ‘coalition effect’?
BBC News - Downing Street rejects child milk scheme cut suggestion. David Cameron has come out against UK Health Minister Anne Milton's proposal to scrap free milk for under fives. Of course, we will never know the real reasoning behind this U-turn, but the following factors are certainly at play: Nobody likes to be seen taking milk from small [...]
In the nation’s interests
I have received howls of protest over the last few days from Lib Dem members, people who voted Lib Dem but usually vote Labour, and people who have never voted Lib Dem and never intend to. Some have demanded that Nick Clegg immediately fall into line behind Cameron and stop negotiating for 'party advantage'. Some have insisted that for Clegg to [...]
Labour coup-plot does not help anyone
Less than six months from the latest possible date for a general election, ex-ministers Patricia Hewitt and Geoff Hoon have called for a leadership contest in the Labour party. Hewitt, who is stepping down as an MP, said "This is not an attempted coup", which tidily gets the word 'coup' into popular discussion without making it her words. What [...]
