Our times cry out for leaders willing to confront huge problems across the political divide. And this won’t stop the Tory attacks
What is politics about if not about talking? Politics is about the formation of shifting alliances in the country, across different voter groups and sectors, between parties and within parties. At its best, politics is agile, inquiring, empathic, humble and bold.
But not according to Labour’s leadership, which is on Monday expected to confirm its strategy of never talking to the SNP, a move that is morally dubious and tactically inept.
Neal Lawson is director of the cross-party campaign organisation Compass
