Say something!

It seems like a rare occasion when a Labour MP is interviewed on the BBC on a subject which is not simply about Labour’s internal problems. Perhaps I’m listening to the wrong programmes. So it was potentially interesting to find Shadow Chancellor Annaliese Dodds being interviewed on the PM programme this evening. The question, which perhaps she had been notified of beforehand was why has the UK got a worse recession than any similar country (along with a worse death rate)? Sadly, I didn’t discern any answer at all, but merely a re-iteration of the situation with no substantial analysis, and certainly no offer of an alternative set of policies. I have to say I believe John McDonnell wouldn’t have been shy of an answer to such a straightforward economic question. The more I hear from our front bench, the less I understand what Labour now stands for. Except ‘Tories are crap!’ which hardly requires an IQ of 50 to divine.