Ed Balls has made it crystal clear that, left to its own devices, a Labour government would simply carry on with the same budget policies as the Tories.
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We need to keep this Labour government, it has a good chance of another term.
And it seems to me in that experience may lie at least some of the clues for policy development perhaps constitutional changes as well that Labour will need to make at the national level too.
What I've said in the past is that I want the Labour Party to approach this matter on the basis of unity.
We just have to be crystal clear that if we were to abandon all the reforms made over some very painful years in the Labour party, we would be consigned back to opposition.
In these difficult times, when tough decisions are required, the differences between Labour and the Tories are becoming much clearer. One party believes in intervention to reduce social and economic costs and the other believes in market forces and letting things take their course.
The choice between a Labour government and a Tory one is sharpening minds.
This government and the party that I lead will continue to argue an alternative to the Tory-Labour austerity.
It is clear that my predecessor as First Minister is frightening the life out of the Tories and the Labour Party. Long may it continue.
The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do.
British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target.
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