> On 30 Aug, 16:13, "Paul Scott" btinternet.com> wrote:

>> ®i©ardo wrote:
>>

>>> Who was the guy who was told to "think the unthinkable" on reforms,
>>> and when he was silly enough to do just that, got sacked?

>> Frank Field, MP for Birkenhead, IIRC

>
>
> Yes, it was Frank Field.
>
> He did exactly as he was asked, then fell out with Harriet Harman, his
> boss, who (unlike Frank Field) completely lacked the courage to do
> what needed to be done.
>
> The problem was that the reforms that Frank Field proposed would
> mostly have affected traditional Labour voters, their relations or
> friends. So Harriet Harman vetoed it on the grounds that the reforms
> would have affected her popularity in the country.
>
> What made her think that she *had* any popularity is anyone's guess.
>