It’s perhaps a step too far to mix a reference from a popular work of 1980s satirical fiction with a phrase borrowed from baseball in the headline of this piece, but somehow it seemed to capture the situation.
With increased speculation about Harriet Harman’s leadership ambitions the time has come for the younger generation of Labour politicians (most of whom are a simillar age to Sue Townsend’s hero) to start sticking their heads aboove the parapet.
A name that seems to be emerging as a possible runner is Treasury minister Yvette Cooper.
I have often wondered whether we would ever see a husband and wife team in No. 10 and No. 11 Downing Street . It would certainly make the living arrangements easier. I’m sure Ed Balls has sometimes wondered what it would be like running the country with his wifeworking away next door as Chancellor.
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