THE Dark Knight returns! Once again, our former prime minister Gordon Brown has been in the news commentating on matters constitutional.
Former prime minister John Major and former prime minister Gordon Brown at the launch of the final report of the Institute for Government's year-long Commission on the Centre of Government.
Gordon duly reported at the end of 2022, having spent the lockdown cogitating. He grabbed some cheap headlines calling for the abolition of the House of Lords – a proposal naturally binned by Sir Keir along with most of Gordon’s suggestions. Will anything change for Wales when – not if – Starmer wins the coming election? We already know the answer. Labour’s shadow Welsh secretary Jo Stevens has already pronounced that the party at Westminster will be focusing at the election on “the things that matter”. So no plans for more devolution.
The Oxbridge-educated lawyers, advisers, and former civil servants who make up Labour’s front bench today shy clear of challenging the City’s casinoAs chancellor, Brown showered knighthoods and favours on City bankers such as Fred “the Shred” Goodwin, while watching British manufacturing disappear from lack of investment. Labour now represent the middle-class elite who benefit from the present system. That includes the 174 unelected Labour peers with their tax-free £342-per-day allowance.
But what issues to fight on? Foremost there is the need for more economic control. If Labour wants to talk about “things that matter” then let’s start with the economy. Scotland needs to re-industrialise, lead from the top. This proposal, of course, was voted down by both the Tory government and the Labour opposition on to those needs and priorities, we create a pathway back to re-energising the indy campaign itself. And we shift the debate by talking about – and campaigning for – new, concrete devolved powers.
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