This is the first time I've looked at a Partnership in Power policy document. (I'm only an ordinary member, slowly coming back to my political interests.)

I've just had a go at reading "Prosperity and Work", which sounded like it might be one of the more solid policy areas. I feel like I've just been hugged to death by a Honey-soaked pudding and a self-congratulatory soft-pink-cushioned Valentines card!

"The challenge ahead" section sounded more promising than some, but I'm offered "We will clear away obstacles ... We will encourage more businesses to grow ... We will foster competition ... We will reward enterprise, talent, creativity and skills. ... we will continue to invest in our public services ..." So I'm given a warm woolly programme to some unstated challenge, rather than told what the challenges, and priorities, are understood to be.

The globalisation section starts "The global economy will double in size over the next 25 years with an extra billion skilled jobs available." This is simply a bold assertion - no economist would predict the next 25 years ahead so brazenly.

It goes on like this - assertions and what we will do. In what way is this a serious "policy document" stating the major issues, risks, priorities, policy options, and the selected choices?

How are we supposed to discuss this warm jelly offered here, to "maximise participation in our party’s policy-making process" (the claimed objective).

Who writes this stuff? It's a sales pitch. This is profoundly depressing.