It’s a sign of the times, or perhaps more accurately a sign of the degree to which the Party’s image has changed, that the Conservatives have today been able to propose boot camps for the unemployed. Imagine if such an announcement had been made this time last year; something tells me Labour would have been quick to attack the Conservatives, claiming such a policy would amount to effective slave Labour.
Today though Labour had very little to say other than to dispute the number of people they’ve apparently helped into work.
The political agenda is now very much in David Cameron’s hands.
Posted by William Gruff on May 29th, 2008 at 10:21 pm:
How odd. I’m a former member of the Labour Party and have been extolling the merits of a State Labour Corps, for the unemployed, for years (you can imagine how well that went down with my colleagues), now I learn that Grooovey Dave has stolen my idea.
On a more serious note: I will be very surprised if this ever comes any nearer to realisation than Willie Whitelaw’s much vaunted ’short, sharp shock’. This is just another example of the ‘we’re tough, honest’ bullshit that we’ve grown used to from the party that taught Labour that corruption and criminality pays.