I don’t know what possesses some people. Michael Meacher for instance has decided to mount a bid for the Labour leadership. His manifesto includes the nationalisation of the railways, limits on City bonuses, nuclear disarmament and an increase in the minimum wage to £7 an hour. His bid is ridiculous anyway, but to take Labour to the left when the Conservatives are successfully holding the centre ground would be political suicide. I doubt he’ll get the 44 MPs signatures needed to run in the leadership election, although it would be great for the Conservatives to have all these raving lefties squabble over the leadership. The veteran left wing MP John McDonnell, has also launched a bid for the leadership, supporting widespread nationalisation and extensions to worker’s rights.
22/02/2007 at 19:58 |
I’d like to see a report comparing the performance of the railways before and after privatisation. Anybody know of one?