After the navel gazing, Labour should focus on being an effective opposition
Mark Stuart, writing in the Yorkshire Post, comments on the Labour leadership contest:
But even the most Blairite of leadership candidates need to recognise that New Labour in government became over-centralised and far too obsessed with creating a surveillance state. As the coalition rapidly devolves power downwards and scraps ID cards, Labour needs to urgently re-examine its fixation with centralised state control.
