The commentators 18-05-15...on UK politicsLabour MPs would be missing something very big if they believe that having a more telegenic leader not obviously hostile to business will solve all their problems. It is not just on economic competence that their party has lost. It has also failed to engage the public on that vital and emotionally powerful issue: which party cares most about the family?
- Dominic Lawson, Daily Mail The test for the next Labour leader is not about who is best known, who can “bring the party together” or who has the right accent, gender or anything else. It is about who is prepared to be searingly honest about our defeat, the misjudgments we made and who can answer with courage the questions about how to respond.
- Pat McFadden, The Times ![]() Since 2010, the debates about government strategy, from education into health, social security and beyond, have unfolded like this. The facts are casually and deliberately misrepresented, while the opinions of the professionals are undermined by preemptive trashing. A particular kind of discussion emerges: it is laden with misinformation that takes a lot of careful debunking.
- Zoe Williams, The Guardian The importance attached by David Cameron to replacing the Human Rights Act by a British bill of rights has been demonstrated by his appointment as lord chancellor of Michael Gove, the government’s biggest intellectual hitter, to take on the task. The prime minister knows he must address public anger over the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg effectively dictating government policy, whether on the deportation of radical preachers or prisoners’ votes.
- Melanie Phillips, The Times Politicians have decided that they don't need us any more. They are connecting directly with the voters. Comment archive, 2015 |
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