{"id":65898,"date":"2022-12-04T11:29:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T11:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=65898"},"modified":"2022-12-04T11:29:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T11:29:02","slug":"labour-democracy-twaddle-and-existential-meaningless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2022\/12\/04\/labour-democracy-twaddle-and-existential-meaningless\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour, democracy, twaddle and existential meaningless"},"content":{"rendered":"

Labour is going to publish a constitutional review tomorrow, written by Gordon Brown.<\/p>\n

We can be sure that:<\/p>\n

a) PR will not get a look on;<\/p>\n

b) House of Lords reform will;<\/p>\n

c) Scotland will be denied a referendum;<\/p>\n

d) There will be some nonsense on devolution.<\/p>\n

I write this tweet in anticipation:<\/p>\n

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I increasingly wonder what the point of Labour is. I note Jo Maugham in a similar mood today, saying:<\/p>\n

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The article Jo refers to is by Neil Lawson from Compass, another friend. If we all think like this, I think Labour should be worried. I suspect its leadership too insular to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Labour is going to publish a constitutional review tomorrow, written by Gordon Brown. We can be sure that: a) PR will not get a look
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