Something we can expect a great deal more from the Labour sympathising commentariat between now and the May 2010 General Election, is disingenuous garbage masquerading as “impartial analysis”.  An example is Anatole Kaletsky’s article in The Times today entitled The two faced Tories can’t have it both ways.   Commenting upon the article, Padraig O'Halloran retorted,

“If one were overly-generous, one would say that Anatole is as a political babe-in-the-wood.  He knows full well that Oppositions are supposed to hold governments to account - pointing out the details and truth about policies and the economic status.

 

When the Tories spell out the extent of the economic mess, “they are talking down the economy”. When they spell out their broad policy directions and some policy details, they are not being totally candid, apparently.

With the unlimited bureaucratic resources available, together with the co-opted public servants, from Gus O'Connell down, any incumbent can cause any Opposition a lot of grief - who can argue with all that “impartial” analysis? Yeah, right!

Any Opposition would be totally stupid to spell out the full details of their intentions, then be blown over by shrieks of “unfunded spending, “blackholes”, etc.

Stick to economics, Anatole!”

Whilst largely agreeing with Mr O’Halloran’s reply, I should add that Mr Kaletsky’s views upon economics have oft been found wanting, too.