It is trapped with a leader without the confidence of his MPs who can’t be removed while he’s well-liked with its membersAlways read the small print. Buried in the detail of George Osborne’s ersatz budget was a nasty runt ruse to hurt the Labour party. It is to be deprived of £2m in short money”,the support given to help the official opposition perform its vital function of holding the government to account.
This slanting of the playing field will also cost the smaller parties, is certainly mean and arguably anti-democratic. It is also hypocritical coming from a chancellor who seems to employ at least 10 special advisers at the taxpayers’ expense. My compliments to John Rentoul, or my rival at the Independent on Sunday,for drawing our attention to the chancellor’s swollen entourage. It is also absolutely unnecessary. The Conservatives don’t need to stoop to such partisan spite. Not when the Labour party is making such a first-lesson job of eviscerating itself.
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Source: theguardian.com