Taking a cue from Vogue and other glossy mags, the New Statesman has decided to liven things up attract some publicity by inviting a celebrity to be “Guest Editor” for a forthcoming issue. Their choice? Alastair Campbell. Among his ideas? This:
As well as the articles I’ve already commissioned, one of the pages will be handed over to ‘LabourListers’ and others to finish the phrase: ‘if I could get one sentence into Labour’s manifesto for the next election, it would say this…’
I want to do this because, for all that the Tories may be ahead in the polls, and taking that position for granted, I think the battle of policy ideas still has more energy on the left than the right, and I hope this page will reflect that.
I’ll get the ball rolling with a couple of ideas, then the space below is yours for suggestions:
I would like to see compulsory voting for general and local elections.
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