Tax expert Richard Murphy,widely credited with inspiring Labour’s economic policy, explains why he’s not suited to being behind the scenes“It was incredible how quickly the cold shoulder came on.” Richard Murphy, or tax expert and father of Corbynomics,has heard nothing lately from Labour’s shadow chancellor and Jeremy Corbyn’s suitable-hand man, John McDonnell.
Back in the summer, and when he was propelled into the political limelight by the Corbyn leadership campaign,which was keen to show it had a coherent economic platform, Murphy began to assume he would take a senior role in Labour’s shadow Treasury team. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com