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Lord Prescott: Timid Labour must go all out for the win | Lord Prescott: Timid Labour must go all out for the win |
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Labour leader Ed Miliband has been urged to go "all out for the win" in the 2015 election amid criticism from senior figures from his own party. | Labour leader Ed Miliband has been urged to go "all out for the win" in the 2015 election amid criticism from senior figures from his own party. |
Labour peer Lord Prescott said Mr Miliband "might as well" have ended his party conference speech last month by saying "prepare for coalition". | Labour peer Lord Prescott said Mr Miliband "might as well" have ended his party conference speech last month by saying "prepare for coalition". |
Writing in the Sunday Mirror, Lord Prescott said Labour was "too timid". | Writing in the Sunday Mirror, Lord Prescott said Labour was "too timid". |
Meanwhile Lord Noon said the party must "buck up" and Lord Levy said Labour must be more "friendly to business". | Meanwhile Lord Noon said the party must "buck up" and Lord Levy said Labour must be more "friendly to business". |
Lord Prescott said last week's Conservative conference featured "a confident leader and policies galore" - while Labour's promises were "one-line objectives, not detailed policies". | Lord Prescott said last week's Conservative conference featured "a confident leader and policies galore" - while Labour's promises were "one-line objectives, not detailed policies". |
"I can understand keeping policies until the election begins but time is running out," he said. | "I can understand keeping policies until the election begins but time is running out," he said. |
He said David Cameron's pledge to cut income tax was a "belter" - but added that he "won't deliver" it. | He said David Cameron's pledge to cut income tax was a "belter" - but added that he "won't deliver" it. |
Lord Prescott said the party conference in Manchester was a major opportunity to explain Labour's policies to the public. | Lord Prescott said the party conference in Manchester was a major opportunity to explain Labour's policies to the public. |
"But bar a mansion tax to fund an increase in NHS funding and raising the minimum wage to £8 an hour by 2020, nothing sticks in my mind," he said. | "But bar a mansion tax to fund an increase in NHS funding and raising the minimum wage to £8 an hour by 2020, nothing sticks in my mind," he said. |
"I do remember Ed Balls saying he would freeze child benefit but I can't see many people racing to the polling booths for that." | "I do remember Ed Balls saying he would freeze child benefit but I can't see many people racing to the polling booths for that." |
Ending his column, Lord Prescott wrote: "So come on Ed. Ditch the pollsters, the focus groups and US-style politics. Be bold, be brave and let's go all out for the win." | Ending his column, Lord Prescott wrote: "So come on Ed. Ditch the pollsters, the focus groups and US-style politics. Be bold, be brave and let's go all out for the win." |
'Hopeless and desperate' | |
Mr Balls replied to those comments on the Murnaghan programme on Sky News, saying: "John says he wants clear policies that will make a difference. Minimum wage to £8, a mansion tax to help get 20,000 nurses in the NHS, a 10p starting rate of tax. | |
"But the lesson we learned before 1997 is that if you come along with policies that can't be paid for then you get into trouble. | |
"Everything in 1997 was costed and paid for, everything in 2015 will be costed and paid for. | |
"No spending requiring more borrowing. The people who are making unfunded commitments are now the Tories." | |
Lord Noon, a major Labour donor, is quoted in the Sunday Times saying Labour must "buck up" and dismissing plans for a mansion tax on homes worth more than £2m as "hopeless and desperate". | Lord Noon, a major Labour donor, is quoted in the Sunday Times saying Labour must "buck up" and dismissing plans for a mansion tax on homes worth more than £2m as "hopeless and desperate". |
Lord Levy, Labour's chief fundraiser under Tony Blair, agreed, telling the newspaper the mansion tax was "totally inappropriate". | Lord Levy, Labour's chief fundraiser under Tony Blair, agreed, telling the newspaper the mansion tax was "totally inappropriate". |
"Do I believe that the party needs to be more close and friendly to business? Yes, I do," he said. | "Do I believe that the party needs to be more close and friendly to business? Yes, I do," he said. |
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