Alan Johnson has been more comic than cutting during his spell as shadow chancellor.
It’s not so much that he’s doing a bad job, but rather that he’s taken a singular approach to the biggest political issue of the day. Where Labour MPs have wanted moral outrage, he has delivered
easy quips.
Peter Hoskin
Alan Johnson: this time it’s personal

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