It it amazing that people take the UK Labour Party seriously. Their policy ideas are very unusual, they often make no economic sense (even internally), they co

It it amazing that people take the UK Labour Party seriously. Their policy ideas are very unusual, they often make no economic sense (even internally), they consult no-one outside trade unions and their hard left sect grouping within the Party (Momentum), they use no research or any evidence to make policy proposals...it is extraordinary. With this idea O'Donnell literally announced it, and then tried to fill in the details later (iirc, this came out months ago, and it was a total mess, it made no sense...and they have been trying to polish it ever since). For a modern political party (they aren't modern, most of their ideas are from the 70s), this is unusual. The sum total of their policies involve either taking stuff from other people or redistributing power to their party. One other gem of theirs was moving the BoE back under govt control, printing £100bn, and then appointing their allies to spend it...I am yet to come across anyone who takes their ideas seriously (it isn't only this, the guy responsible for this policy has also said he is going to "lynch" people...srs). Increasing the level of knowledge amongst voters is really critical. Economists and, in fact, most of the people in the Parliamentary Labour Party do not take these policies seriously. They aren't serious. Voters in the UK really deserve better.