[Russ]

Originally Posted by Chris

He’s exercising a form of collective responsibility. His private thoughts on Welsh Labour would probably be quite illuminating. Also, vis a vis Tory claims that what Welsh Labour is doing to the NHS in Wales now is an indication of what UK Labour would do to the NHS in England after the election, it’s worth pointing out that Welsh Labour was running the Cardiff clown car last time there was a UK Labour government, and there was a notable disparity in outcomes between England and Wales then, too. Of course Labour can’t draw attention to that without implicitly slagging off the Welsh branch of the party, so they’re a bit stuck.

Labour do have a bit of a habit of bringing down waiting lists after a Tory government…