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Labour ditches radical reforms as it prepares ‘bombproof’ election manifesto
(www.theguardian.com)
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I actually think the caution is a good thing, overall. Look what happened to Theresa May's poll lead in 2017! Absolutely terrifying prospect that could happen to Labour.
Having said that... dropping the £28bn pledge is too cautious. May got sunk by incautiously launching a new policy during the campaign. Labour's green industrial pledge clearly isn't damaging them in the polls, so why water it down? I don't think it could damage them. People know Labour will spend money and we want them to do it!
Funny you should pick 2017 since the thing that killed May's majority was a radical leftwing manifesto!
And Labour were offering a radical left-wing manifesto at the same time...
Interesting take, huge if true!