Throughout the May Government, 85 per cent of Labour MPs were economically well to its right, and that suited them. They might have been discombobulated by the prospect of a Johnson Government, but Sajid Javid's attempt to imagine what an Ed Balls Budget might have been like will have reassured them no end. Not that anyone else will have noticed it.
Does that 85 per cent include Laura Pidcock? Well, on which specific point does she differ from it? If she had been five years older, then she would have been Jess Phillips. If she had been 10 years older, then she would have been Stella Creasy. Phillips and Creasy hold no view that is not also held by the SNP, by the Liberal Democrats, and by the majority, usually the very great majority, of Conservative MPs. If Pidcock does, then what, exactly, is it?
Does that 85 per cent include Laura Pidcock? Well, on which specific point does she differ from it? If she had been five years older, then she would have been Jess Phillips. If she had been 10 years older, then she would have been Stella Creasy. Phillips and Creasy hold no view that is not also held by the SNP, by the Liberal Democrats, and by the majority, usually the very great majority, of Conservative MPs. If Pidcock does, then what, exactly, is it?
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