I have a new post at Labourlist, following this morning’s Guardian report on the “easyCouncil” plans of Barnet’s Tories, who are planning a huge programme of cuts and privatisation the borough.

On Labourlist my article argues that far from being at odds with Cameronism plans like these fit with the Conservatives’ plans for public spending cuts:

“The truth is that Barnet is aiming for a radical programme of cuts and privatisation, no different – despite the new ways of explaining it – to the policies that were pursued to such a damaging effect on public services and investment in the 1980s and 1990s…Barnet’s approach is not new or an aberration, but completely consistent with the principles and past practice of Conservative government.”

Read the whole thing at Labourlist here. The Guardian’s original report can be found here.