Oh dear. I have just reread a post I wrote straight after the General Election defeat. How depressing. Here's the last paragraph:
As it is, Balls is out of the picture and with his departure so goes probably the most high profile figure with a clear connection to the Blair/Brown/Iraq War/Financial Collapse Labour government that so many people obviously found so toxic, even if unfairly. Perhaps now, the decks are clear for a new beginning and an abandonment of the ‘AusterityLite’ economic policy. One question remains. Are Labour Party members, politicians and the unions capable of identifying someone who is capable of gaining traction with the public sufficient to win the next General Election and, even if they were, would they be willing to give them the job? Or, when it comes to electing leaders, is the Party’s natural response to pick people whose greatest talent is the ability to concede defeat gracefully?
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