Jack Dromey would be a more than adequate MP. But this doesn’t mean he should do it. It would look as if he had got the job because of who he is married to. It would look as if he had lined himself up a nice post-retirement life because he had the connections. It would look as though he had benefited from connections that others could not call on. “Why does a dog lick its own backside? Because it can” goes the saying. But that doesn’t make it an action to imitate. Tribune would not stoop to such unsavoury analogy. We have to thank The Guardian’s Martin Kettle for the above observations on the political future of Mr Harriet Harman, shortlisted last weekend for the safe Labour seat of Birmingham Erdington.
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