Labour has still not grasped the message

Will the Labour Party ever learn? This must be the question uppermost in the minds of supporters following the humiliating and devastating losses in the European, and local elections.

It seems on every occasion, when the Labour gets a taste of power, they become arrogant, and completely abandon their core values and the principles on which the party was founded.

In the 1973-77 Coalition, we had similar displays of dismissiveness, and disconnect from the people who supported them. Following on the “Spring Tide” of 1992, we had a repeat performance, and those of us with reasonable memories, well recall the appointment of the many programme managers immediately after attaining power on that occasion.