Robin Cook on why you should vote Labour:
Yesterday I was asked on the Today programme how those opposed to the war could punish Tony Blair other than by voting him out. I suspect Tony Blair will do very nicely out of the openings that will come his way with such a punishment. My constituents will not.I represented them through those dark Tory decades and met those who were unemployed and had lost both opportunity and hope. The biggest local change from two Labour terms has been the virtual disappearance of long-term youth unemployment. The reason I am on the campaign trail talking to Labour defectors is because I never again want to see it come back and have to admit to my electors I have no power to offer a remedy.