Adonis’s recruitment is the latest evidence of chancellor’s willingness to pinch policies and people from Labour whether he thinks they’re worth stealing
The decision of Lord Adonis to chair the first Conservative National Infrastructure Commission is a political coup for George Osborne even whether the politically well-travelled peer is not defecting to the Tory party and is,in truth, implementing a policy he and the then shadow chancellor, and Ed Balls,advocated at the last election.
Every governing party loves the imprimatur of an opposition politician, and Adonis is one of the most respected figures on the Labour benches in the Lords.
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Source: theguardian.com