You know it’s the day you’ve all been waiting for, CoffeeHousers – the day of
Labour’s manifesto launch. Last Thursday, Douglas Alexander described the document as a “progressive programme worthy of these testing times”. So, well, it must be good,
mustn’t it?
Problem is, this manifesto risks going the same way as the Budget. So much of it has been so heavily trailed, that there’s a danger we’ve already heard it all – and that it will be met with weary indifference by the media and the public alike.
Votes for 16 year olds; jobs or training for unemployed under-25s; a referendum on an alternative vote system; a pledge not to raise the basic rate of income tax; ‘Cadbury’s Law’; plans to allow football supporters to buy a stake in their clubs; even public
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