(Alan Milburn’s intentions were apparent even back then…)
Alan Milburn, former Labour Cabinet Minister and all-round family man, is reportedly being lined up as the Coalition’s new “Social Mobility Tsar” in what Andy Burnham, struggling for publicity in amongst the Milibands and Balls of this world, is describing as “no way to treat the good people who voted for a Labour candidate”.
Milburn, a fallen star of Blairite Labour, undertook a significant study of social mobility before the election and himself worked his way up the greasy pole from ‘umble roots, so knows the subject well. Moreover, he is seemingly in for a humdinger of a return to the political fray after agreeing to join the thinktank Demos, following fellow Blair babe James Purnell’s switch to the IPPR.
