Former Labour MP Bryan Gould is the latest in a long line of former members and supporters who have criticised the government’s record in office.
He gave a devastating attack in the Guardian today. Much of his critique I agree with, but it’s a bit hypocritical of him to say now that many of the the policies he now rants against were the ones he then endorsed when he was with Labour in opposition. He was one of those leading lights of Neil ‘Voteloser’ Kinnock’s shadow cabinet who insisted the party ‘must change’ if they wanted to win power again. Rather than stay in Britain and be continually frustrated by the lack of progress in dislodging the then all-powerful Conservatives, he took the easy way out, and left the country to return to his native New Zealand.
The real reason Labour are in this mess today is because of the past actions of many like Mr Gould. Should the rest of what is left of the party be allowed to disown him too?
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