Detail The Avenger; The Labour Party   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 400 no. 8753 (Oct. 2011), page 57. Topik: Political Parties; Politicians; Political Behavior; United Kingdom Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.68 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel When Ed Miliband beat his elder brother, David, to become leader of the Labour Party at its conference in Manchester last year, surprise quickly gave way to twin doubts. The first was that he was too left-wing for the British electorate; the second that he lacked the clout and charisma to become prime minister. This week, at another Labour conference in nearby Liverpool, both worries were reinforced. Mr Miliband's big speech to his party on September 27th was excusably free of policy. The next general election isn't due until 2015; any specific plans he announced now would risk being either out of date or pinched by his opponents before then. But the thrust was unmistakably leftward. He bashed bankers. He drew a bold contrast between productive and predatory businesses, which he implied would be taxed and regulated differently if he became prime minister. That vague but dramatic idea both angered and baffled many businessmen, who wondered who would make the distinction, and how. He conjured neo-corporatist visions of workers sitting on company boards. Mr Miliband seemed to be offering a redesign of capitalism, not just more redistribution within it. Only his hard-nosed detour into welfare reform could have been uttered by Tony Blair. When he distanced himself from the former prime minister, whose compromises with Conservatism still rankle with Labour purists, parts of the crowd cheered. New Labour, and its three election victories, seemed an age ago. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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