Ever since Gordon Brown ascended to the top of the greasy pole, one thing seems to have characterised the Labour Party both before the General Election and afterwards, a seeming inability to come to a quick unambiguous decision. This was first evident when Bottler Brown vacillated over when to go to the country; a decision which arguably cost him his job. This failure on the part of Brown to take the big decision dogged his time as PM and seems to have continued under the omni-absent Ed Milliband who has managed to keep very quiet over Woolas, Livingstone’s support of the non-Labour candidate and the Labour Lords.
It is not my intention to intrude upon the private grief of the Labour Party at a time when the dishonesty of many of their Parliamentarians is making so many headlines so I will restrict myself to praising Harriet Harman for her decisive actions in declaring that liars have no place as candidates for Parliament and kicking Phil Woolas into the long grass. I do so hope that this will set some form of precedent not only within Labour but also other parties so that our future MPs are honest trustworthy folk not given to mendacity and self enrichment.
So once again Harriet, congratulations on injecting a bit of backbone and decisiveness into Labour.
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