AS A member of the Labour Party I was recently berated by a comrade for suggesting that Labour needs to have high aspirations. Her view was that aspirations need to be adjusted downwards lest they “become an unattainable wish list that people have no confidence in.” Policy, however, is a process that begins with aspirations and proceeds to policy development, manifesto commitments and policy enactment. At the 2019 Labour Party conference, Angela Rayner said “alongside (Sure Start Plus) we will introduce a new service: free nursery education for all two-to-four-year-olds. “Not childcare on the cheap,” she added, “but an early education service, led by professionals, designed to develop the whole child.”