• a competitive yet compassionate economy
Well, no-one would advocate an uncompetitive economy, would they? And I don't hear many calls for a return to unbridled, ruthless, tooth and claw capitalism. It's a balancing act, of course, but where would Wendy place the fulcrum?
• consumer not producer focused public services
You don't run a health service for the benefit of nurses or an education service for the benefit of teachers, although with Scottish Labour in the past I sometimes wondered. Even so, it is not exactly revolutionary to suggest that public services should benefit the public.
• empowering people and communities, not institutions
You mean, like denying the people the ability to vote in a referendum?
• developing Scottish solutions for Scottish aspirations
Well, we wouldn't want English (or Polish, or Belgian) solutions, would we? And, actually, can you have a solution to an aspiration? You may solve a problem but solving an aspiration may be a bit more tricky.
Look, I know that politicians have to say something from time to time and, if it has to be anodyne platitudes, we can live with it. But memo to the politician whose brain is supposed to be the size of a planet - must do better next time.
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