We have some video footage of Brown’s speech at Spectator Live, and you can read Pete’s analysis here.
Elsewhere on the Web:
Hopi Sen likes the promise on early diagnosis on Cancer care, and the fact that no incredible spending pledges have been included.
The Guardian’s Julian Glover attacks a ‘meaningless manifesto‘:
Con Home argues that ‘Gordon Brown’s new-found aversion to spending commitments is as believable as the cartoon drunk vowing never to touch another drop of alcohol.’‘Ed Miliband, who we are told wrote Labour’s manifesto, is fond of saying that the Tories are on the wrong side of the battle of ideas. It’s a neat phrase, but an empty one unless you have ideas of your own. On the basis of today’s manifesto performance, Labour doesn’t.’
Robert Peston reckons it ‘represents a significant shift away from the party’s belief in a market-based economy and a shift towards much more government intervention.
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