Nothing To Lose But Our Chains

Of course zero hours contracts ought to be made illegal. But that needs to be only the start.

It is astonishing, and yet somehow not, that in 13 years, New Labour never legislated for John Smith's signature policy, namely that employment rights should begin on day one of employment and apply regardless of the number of hours worked.

Ed Miliband and Chuka Umunna should signal once and for all that they intend to give us the government that we would have had in those 13 years if Smith had lived, by legislating to create that fitting monument to the Great Man.