Doing nothing isn't working for Labour
At last. Labourlist, after an uninspiring first few days (Tories are bad, apparently) has produced something that looks like an original thought about Labour strategy, and one that No 10 would do well to ponder.
Ben Wegg-Prosser points out that the Labour attack on the Tories as the "do nothing party" has run its course, something the recent polls demonstrate amply.
I suspect this advice will be heeded and the line will be quietly dropped. After all, having stolen a Tory policy on hiring the long-term unemployed and accepted the Tory argument for loan-guarantee schemes, it's getting harder for Labour to deride the opposition as idea-free.
So what's the new attack? Ben W-P identifies accusing the Tories* of "talking down the economy" as a potential gambit. Certainly, Boris Johnson appears to agree.
* edited this sentence to clarify…
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