School of Politics and International Relations

Dr Patrick Diamond, Haves and have-nots are Labour’s path back to power

13 July 2015

George Osborne has proved himself to be an astute political tactician, but whether his budget adds up to a compelling long-term economic and political strategy is a different question – writes Dr Patrick Diamond. He says that Labour needs to develop a “more sophisticated critique of Osborne’s ‘long-term economic plan’ alongside the fiscal decisions he announced last week, cultivating a progressive majority for a new social democratic economic and social policy”.
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