I thought that the Labour party’s recent “Education and Children” document was waffle-filled, tendentious, misleading and often wholly wrong. But even that did not prepare me for Labour’s consultation document “Better Politics”, which is aimed at the 2015 manifesto (amendments to be in from constituency parties and affiliates by 13th June).

To be fair, the document contains three worthwhile proposals, which I will explore below. But it has zero analytical content and the people writing it either approached the task with great cynicism or in utter ignorance of what was required. Continue reading →