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LABOUR is showing off its latest recruit, Iain Anderson. The party is so excited this “business leader” who “used to vote Tory” is now backing Labour that shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds got him to write a report of recommendations for Labour’s business policy.
If you read what Anderson wrote, if you read his report, and look at the “business” he “leads,” it becomes pretty clear that he hasn’t shifted his views much. But he is helping shift labour towards deregulation, which may well help the clients of his lobbying firm.
Anderson wrote a piece for the Times talking about his conversion to Labour. Anderson joined the Tories in 1984 and says:
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