Labour Hypocrites (23/07/15)
Diane Abbott mounted a big attack on her Labour colleague Harriet Harman the other day, in the columns of The Guardian, by arguing that her party's interim leader was voicing a 'Tory agenda' by declaring Labour's support for some of the Government's welfare reforms.
Now this is rich coming from someone who sent her child to a private school in London, but it appears that in today's People's Party even those living in glass houses feel free to throw stones at the their friends' and neighbours' homes.
But these 'below the belt' insults have had the beneficial effect of energising an otherwise dull Labour leadership contest which has looked more like a nervous beauty contest than a serious attempt to replace Ed Miliband with a candidate who can help the People's Party get its mojo back.
In a recent live hustings event on the BBC Liz Kendall was accused of being a Tory by a rude viewer, but she responded with a great put down:
"if you believe that a strong economy, sound public finances and backing business are simply Tory values, the Tories will be in power for ever."
Quite so.
But these 'below the belt' insults have had the beneficial effect of energising an otherwise dull Labour leadership contest which has looked more like a nervous beauty contest than a serious attempt to replace Ed Miliband with a candidate who can help the People's Party get its mojo back.
In a recent live hustings event on the BBC Liz Kendall was accused of being a Tory by a rude viewer, but she responded with a great put down:
"if you believe that a strong economy, sound public finances and backing business are simply Tory values, the Tories will be in power for ever."
Quite so.
