Rather too late Jonathan Todd is warning on the Progress website that Labour needs a policy on growth:
http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2014/04/25/labour-should-focus-on-growth-as-well-as-living-standards/
It is not enough to decry Conservative (Coalition) achievements.
And I disagree with Mr Todd that a splurge of public spending on infrastructure will be enough.
What is needed is a culture change.
Labour needs to love the people who produce growth.
And the truth is they don't. They despise them. They see them as the enemy.
At best the entrepreneurs are just seen as milchkühe to be exploited to pay for social policies that deliver Labour votes, and elect Labour politicians and keep the whole Labour movement on the road.
As an electoral model this is outdated and needs to change - luckily none of them has a clue how to do this.
http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2014/04/25/labour-should-focus-on-growth-as-well-as-living-standards/
It is not enough to decry Conservative (Coalition) achievements.
And I disagree with Mr Todd that a splurge of public spending on infrastructure will be enough.
What is needed is a culture change.
Labour needs to love the people who produce growth.
And the truth is they don't. They despise them. They see them as the enemy.
At best the entrepreneurs are just seen as milchkühe to be exploited to pay for social policies that deliver Labour votes, and elect Labour politicians and keep the whole Labour movement on the road.
As an electoral model this is outdated and needs to change - luckily none of them has a clue how to do this.
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