Posts Tagged “peter watt”
Does Labour have a ‘Plan B’ for the economy at the next election?
by Stephen Tall on June 19, 2011
The question is repeatedly asked of the Coalition and its economic policy of deficit reduction: do you have a Plan B? (It is, by the way, a ludicrous question to ask — Steve Richards, the left-leaning Independent commentator, has acknowledged as much: ‘The debate is silly because no Chancellor can acknowledge an alternative route in […]
Book review: Peter Watt’s Inside Out – 5 things which struck me
by Stephen Tall on February 28, 2010
Let’s begin with the positive: Inside Out, Peter Watt’s autobiographical account of his two years as Labour general secretary during the handover from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown, is an entertainingly gossipy book which, at 200 pages, doesn’t overstay its welcome. It’s packed with anecdotes and throwaway remarks which cast a new – and rarely […]
