The president (who is a long-time Labourite who went over to Kadima) has a certain amount of discretion under the law, but he must be guided by the preponderance of advice tendered by the various parties.
"Nothing would fill me with more worry than an industrial strategy in the old school, but what this does in a splendidly un-Labourite way is share out a series of good ideas which could be adopted by both parties, " he said.