John McDonnell’s elevation to shadow chancellor startled him as much as anyone. He talks to Mary Riddell about his unexpected journey from crusader of the left to leading the battle to regain Labour’s economic credibility.
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Last July saw one of the most extraordinary acts of political cross-dressing in British history. In the first Budget of the first all-Conservative government since the UK’s first National Minimum Wage was introduced against vigorous Tory opposition, the Chancellor announced...
We know that one of the key reasons why Labour lost the last two elections is because we were seen as economically incompetent.
The Tories and the media have managed to convince many voters that the banking crash was a Labour...