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Not John Redwood
JOHN Redwood has cracked a joke at Labour’s (and Alan Milburn’s) expense. And it’s a good one!
Alan Milburn has been made the Czar of the greasy pole. It is time more was done to promote social mobility in Britain.
Isn’t this kind of thing mentioned in the book of Revelations?
JANET Daley is no great fan of Dave’s, but, then, she’s even less a fan of Gordon Brown. Her column in today’s Telegraph makes for interesting reading, particularly for those who believe the next election is in the bag for the Tories.
Talking of (welcoming?) Alan Milburn’s return to government, she writes:
If there is a single figure in the Labour ranks who can make the Conservatives – in their present incarnation – seem irrelevant, vacuous, indeed worse than useless, it is this former Health Secretary who is genuinely convinced of the need for more choice and competition in public services, and more real independence for the institutions that deliver them.
I was asked about Alan’s return on last night’s Westminster Hour. Isn’t the return of former Cabinet ministers a sign of desperation? seemed to be the gist of the interrogation. Yet why should we leave talented people like Alan on the back benches if they can contribute to Labour’s delivery and, consequently, electoral performance, in government? Personally, I was disappointed that he didn’t return to the Cabinet last year.
So while Janet Daley and I might be approaching the subject from different directions, I certainly hope her analysis is spot-on.
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