Sadly. it`s not just the "vague policies" which are
preventing Labour building up a massive lead over the Tories,
architects-in-chief of the most callous and cruel British government in modern
times. (Morning Star, 06/01/15) Prevarication and short-sightedness also are
playing significant roles. Not having made a decision on tuition fees by now is
unforgiveable, not only because the current £9000 is exhorbitant, and leaves
graduates with mortgage-size debts that many will fail to repay, but because
student votes, and those of young people in general, could well prove crucial in
ridding the country of this obnoxious government.
Similar myopia comes to the fore again with
Labour`s reluctance to show boldness over private rents, preferring a cap on
future increases to a complete reappraisal of the present situation, with its
failure to back the EU`s financial transaction tax, and, of course, with its
failure to recognise the electoral potential of pledges on the nationalisation
of public utilities.
As for the recognition of Palestine, the Labour
leadership must know that fudging the issue by pointing to the "party`s votes in
favour of statehood in a non-binding Commons debate" will not suffice. Even a
pledge to enter into immediate diplomatic negotiations on taking office, or to
call for new initiatives on the Middle East problems, would at least have the
appearance of having a positive policy.
The election is there to be won, and the Tory
nonsense about their "competence" being preferable to Labour`s "chaos" should be
easily defeated, but still not having definite strategies on key electoral
issues in place by now smacks of carelessness in the extreme!
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