In what looks like an increasingly desperate election campaign, David Cameron and the Conservatives seem to be giving away things they don’t own and incurring costs on behalf of organisations that are already facing significant financial challenges.
The Conservative plan to give employees the right to three days volunteering will cause major problems for the NHS and for schools, both of which will have to cope with huge additional costs to cover for staff when they are absent.
The plan to extend the right to buy to Housing Association properties goes even further: The Conservatives want to sell off things they don’t own! It is a bizarre twist for a political party that is supposed to stand for less government and less interference in how organisations are run. David Cameron seems to be adopting an approach to other peoples’ assets that Stalin would be proud of.