Will Bill Shorten crash and burn like Ed Miliband in the UK election?

[barryqwalsh]

“No, I don’t.” Those three words from Ed Miliband, delivered during the Question Time clash last night, get to the very heart of this election.

The response came as an audience member put the Labour leader on the spot about whether he believes the last Labour Government “overspent”. His answer was unrepentant – New Labour’s big spending years were not the problem.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Only if they hop a lorry for some evening tea.

 

[barryqwalsh]

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has withdrawn from the Labour party leadership contest.


Chuka Umunna Drops Labour Leadership Bid LBC

 

[barryqwalsh]

Bill Shorten is doing the same as Ed Miliband, refusing to admit that previous Labor Governments made any mistakes.

Unless the ALP admits that the Rudd and Gillard Governments did spend too much far too quickly, with very little to show for the billions spend, it won't win the political center.