The question - unthinkable a few years ago - is prompted by a recent youth service summit hosted by the party's thoughtful youth spokesman, Charles Hendry, and attended by the party leader and the shadow secretary of state for education. (When did you last hear of Labour's leaders at such a gathering?) Iain Duncan Smith spoke impressively. But since any half-competent hack could knock a plausible speech together, even more convincing was the knowledgeable way he answered questions. His knowledge was clearly formed by a visit to projects in Glasgow.
Of course, the policies remain still a little sketchy and still in development.
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