Health diktats, rail renationalisation – Labour’s leftwards lurch continues

The evolution of Ed Miliband’s Labour Party continues today with a letter in the Observer from candidates demanding that the party renationalizes the railways to lower the fares. It would be popular in commuter towns, they say – no wonder, as this would pass the costs from commuters to the general taxpayer. When challenged about it on this morning’s Andrew Marr show, Miliband didn’t rule it out. ‘We’re looking at all the options,’ he said. His only concession was that he is ‘not going back to old-style British Rail,’ – he plans a new form of state intervention.

Miliband then went on to accuse Cameron of being a ‘cheerleader’ for the Pfizer’s proposed takeover of AstraZeneca and said that he’d set up an independent inquiry to see if the government should stop shareholders selling to Pfeizer. Yet again, his instinct is to interfere.

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