I'll eat my hat...

A particularly cynical and unfair attack on Michael Howard's speech by the great failure Roy Hattersley. The big problem is that Hattersley is plain wrong. Even if we want to look for cynical purpose in his visit to Burnley, he did it because he wanted to be seen to be taking on the issues that matter. It was a genuine attempt to show that the Tories are happy and indeed keen to take on the far-right but it was also a chance to show a more constructive positive approach on behalf of the Party. No longer shrill, only-critical and nasty. Unfortunately that is what Mr Hattersley wants and indeed likes...