Does Gordon Brown look like the kind of guy who can keep a promise? Because that’s the main question which stands in the way of Labour’s election strategy, if Andrew Grice’s revelations in the Indpendent are anything to go by. According to Grice, Labour are going to repeat their trick from 1997, and focus on five or so pledges – what Downing St now calls “guarantees” – during their election campaign. It’s not certain what they’ll be yet, but Grice reports that Labour MPs are being instructed to concentrate on the following policies in their constituencies:
— Training or further education will be provided for all school-leavers and a job or training for jobless young adults.
— Suspected cancer patients will receive their diagnosis within one week.
— The elderly and most vulnerable will receive free personal care.
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