Putting the world at the feet of the first politicians in 35 years to bother to maintain any contact with top flight economists, and in fact to have given them a central role in policy formulation.
Those politicians are Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell.
Unlike the present Government and Tony Blair, they were not brought up to believe that they were born to rule.
Unlike New Labour more generally, they were not told from the cradle that they were always the cleverest people in the room.
We have seen where both of those ended up.
As for Trident, David Cameron needs to be asked the Yes-No question, "Would you ever launch a nuclear strike?"
He needs to be asked it, without embellishment, until he answers it. Answers it, that is, with one word.
As do each and all of Corbyn's internal Labour opponents.
The Labour Party that endorsed Trident renewal was a different party, half the size of the present one.
The Labour Party that endorsed Trident renewal was a different party, half the size of the present one.
Imagine if one of Blair's forgettable Defence Secretaries had been heckled by the left at the PLP. We would have never heard the end of it.
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