Chris Leslie stands up to ‘Corbynomics’ — other should follow his example

Finally, someone in Labour is tearing apart Jeremy Corbyn’s ideas. Overtly criticising what Corbyn stands for is something the leadership candidates have been reluctant to do. You can see why: his popularity with the party’s grassroots could result in a backlash. Therefore, it’s been left to poor old Chris Leslie, Labour’s shadow chancellor, to point out that a party promoting ‘Corbynomics’ is not going to help ordinary folks. On the Today programme, Leslie said:

‘This is a fork in the road for the Labour party. On 12 September we will know what the fate is of the progressive left of centre and there are millions of people whose living standards, whose working conditions depend on making sure we get this decision right, otherwise we face a decade or more of Conservative government.

‘And I think the point is now – you can understand the frustrations of many in the Labour party, they want big, bold, clear solutions – but it’s the detail now we’ve got to get into because I’m afraid some of those solutions, the policies offered on the hard left are not all that they’re cracked up to be.