14 September 2008

A pig in a poke, with or without lipstick.

Well, that was all very civilised. An election without any apparent rancour, but with respect on all sides. Not just listening but hearing. Adjectives and participles, no finite verbs.

But what did we learn? Do we have a clear idea of the new leader's position on the council tax? Reform it to make it fairer? How exactly? What about the referendum? Not strongly opposed, but needs to look at the wording of the question - where does that take us? Additional powers for the Scottish Parliament? Await Calman. Nuclear energy as opposed to renewables? Police and crime? Class sizes?

It's all very well having values (but, if those values are honestly held, it is not entirely clear how you can align them with popular aspirations). But policies would be nicer.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Are the Labour party too scared to publish what the turnout and voting figures (not percentages) were for the Scottish Labour leadership contest?