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He did so because he wants to position Labour as the party that can embrace the majority.
The proposal follows others in which Cooper has sought to position Labour as the party of law and order.
By choosing short term politically expedient opportunism they have queered their own pitch and I cannot see how from that position Labour can win the 2015 election.
But he claimed that the Lib Dems had repeatedly pushed Labour and the Tories into being more radical on devolution in 1997 and in the Calman commission five years ago – a position Labour will dispute.
Attempting to position Labour as the party that is tough on crime, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper attacked government legislation on CCTV and DNA, saying they would impair the police's ability to tackle widespread riots.
Although it "should be seen for what it is — a campaign announcement designed to position Labour on the side of the beleaguered worker" - the FT thinks "Labour has good cause to focus on what has become an emblem of Britain's low wage economy".
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Blair positioned Labour as a party that was determined to help not just the neediest, but to help you too.
It positioned Labour much more to the left, David Cameron's Tories a little more to the right, and the Liberal Democrats as the sole enthusiasts for a previously overcrowded centre.
It is likely that he will announce a series of reviews, rather than simply impose new policies with a view to positioning Labour strategically against David Cameron ahead of a general election in 2009".
In all the confusion, it's worth setting out the two basic positions Labour could coherently take.
To get real, people also need to talk about pushing things through in spite of the positions Labour leaders find themselves in.
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