The Lib Dem's manifesto does seem the most "left wing" of the main three parties' - and by quite a margin. It is more explicitly redistributive than Labour's - and Labour's is the most redistributive of any of its manifestos since 1992. Also the Lib Dem manifesto is explicit about its distaste for those on higher earnings. Not only is it bashing bankers' bonuses (see my note of yesterday), but it would force all public companies to "declare in full all remunerations of £200,000 per year or more". Crikey. Some would say that the Lib Dems have journeyed quite a long way from that liberal strand of their origin.And that's from Robert Peston, left-wing son of a Labour economist.
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