There should be respect for the position if not for the person.
The General Election is round the corner and people in all parties are working hard on writing their manifestos, drip feeding us with the highlights. I thought it was about time we joined them I went public too.
We in the Labour Finance and Industry Group have also been dreaming up our wish list for the next Labour Government to enact.
It is just too easy to criticise government and politicians. It is quite another thing to come up with answers. What would you do if you were in their position of power? No. Seriously. What would you do? You would need to take into account unintended consequences and the undesirable effects of your proposals on other people. Asking for more of something is the easy part. But who should pay the price? Giving to some is fine but who should be given less? It really isn’t easy to come up with practical solutions.
Ask me what I would like the next Labour Government to do and this is my response.