Today’s front pages are emblazoned with details of the policies in Labour’s manifesto. Usually, this level of policy coverage would be good news for a party in the midst of a general election campaign. However, the manifesto isn’t due for a week. Instead, someone has leaked the draft version.
It certainly makes for an intriguing read. As well as nationalising railways, Royal Mail and energy companies and urging ‘extreme caution’ on nuclear weapons, the party promises to put an end to the bedroom tax, scrap strike laws, suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia and implement the Leveson inquiry recommendations. At the moment there’s no total costing regarding how they will pay for all these policies.
There’s been much chatter overnight about who might have leaked the confidential document. But a more revealing question to ask is: who benefits from the leak? Some Corbynites have been quick to blame Labour HQ — the party’s central office, suggesting that the put it out to undermine the party.
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