What do we really need from the new leader of the Labour Party?
When Ed Miliband lost the General Election there appeared to be an almost universal sigh of relief in our industry. Vote Grouse: An alternative election manifesto Labour had appeared to be anti-business and Miliband had the image of being a closet Marxist for suggesting a cap on energy prices and a mansion tax. We will never know if a Labour win would have seen a huge lurch to the left, because the country clearly decided things were not too bad in terms of the economy and they were better off sticking with the devil they knew. All of this made the Labour leadership election ov...
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