It’s hardly surpiring when Frank Field writes damningly of Brown’s government – but his latest blog post still deserves mention. Even by Field’s standards, it’s particularly unequivocal and incisive. Here are some choice passages:
“Harold Wilson asserted that the Labour party was a moral crusade or it was nothing. The McBride affair has left Labour members looking at nothing. That is the reality check that McBride has wrought on the party…
…Week after week MPs have been turning up but with almost no serious work to do. There is the odd bill to be sure. But there is no legislative programme to speak of. Even the debates that are put on to fill in time are ones that deny MPs a vote. The whole exercise is vacuous…
…Labour MPs are left staring into the abyss – that nothingness of Harold Wilson’s statement.
Britain’s best politics newsletters
You get two free articles each week when you sign up to The Spectator’s emails.
Already a subscriber? Log in
Comments
Join the debate, free for a month
Be part of the conversation with other Spectator readers by getting your first month free.
UNLOCK ACCESS Try a month freeAlready a subscriber? Log in