John Redwood: Nationalisation Didn't Work Then, and It Won't Work Now

John Redwood: Nationalisation didn't work then, and it won't work now

Sir John, Lord Redwood is a former MP for Wokingham and a former Secretary of State for Wales. Mr Burnham has set himself up to fail. He looks backward to the 1980s. This was an era which most voters did not live through. He seeks to refight old battles which Labour lost by miles at the time. Having a distorted view of history is bad modern politics ignoring the experiences and preoccupations of modern electors and running the risk of getting th…

John Redwood: Nationalisation didn’t work then, and it won’t work now

Sir John, Lord Redwood is a former MP for Wokingham and a former Secretary of State for Wales. Mr Burnham has set himself up to fail. He looks backward to the 1980s. This was an era which most voters did not live through. He seeks to refight old battles which Labour lost by miles at...