The increasing number of Labour MPs who are questioning each other why their party is not further ahead in the polls will take scant comfort from a story in the Observer about a forthcoming campaign.
In terms of actual insight, Labour’s leaked tactic of describing David Cameron as “recognisably right wing” is likely to convey about as much impact as calling Mother Teresa a nun. Little wonder that some despairing PLP members have suggested that former Conservative frontbencher Shaun Woodward might not be the right person to be heading up the party’s anti-tory attack unit.
The electorate’s honeymoon with ConDem coalition has moved swiftly into estrangement but Labour faces an uphill struggle in persuading anyone that the lesser form of austerity they have to offer is something to get excited about. So it is to be expected that strategists would opt in the meantime to target an individual who has found it expedient to abandon pre-election promises of inclusiveness and instead support an agenda of rolling back state provision whilst cosseting an unrepentant financial sector.
But shouldn’t they be talking about Nick Clegg?
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