But the problem is - as Sir John Major pointed out you can change the man or woman but the landscape stays the same. The problems we have appear intractable. We are increasingl balkanised with the breakdown of the two party system and do seem to lack the courage to confront many issues.
I agree Starmer has been a disappointment - but perhaps his failure should make us appreciate professional politicians more. Just because you were a successful KC, then top civil servant does not mean you can stir a crowd with your rhetoric or understand what will or will not go down with the man/woman on the Clapham omnibus. Successful politicians like Blair are a mixture of charm, guile, intelligence, immagination and most of all the ability to sense the mood in the room and the country.
I would pay good money to see Big Ange take on The Don.
You say that Rainer's policies could cause taxation on ordinary people to rise. No it wouldn't have to as there are the 50 families who own more wealth than 34 Million people. A recent survey came up with the idea that 75% of Millionaires would see it as their moral duty to pay more tax if asked.
You point out that most people under 30 would not fight for King and country. People fight for their mates and than for the places where they are rooted. Where they have things. The average under 30 year old has no stake in the nation, so why would they fight for it? (and I'm a veteran and I have talked to people about service.
You use to write well balanced stuff. Now you merely repeat Neoliberal ideas which while they may fit in with where you usually publish is actually a form of propaganda.
He’s become an embarrassment. He’s singularly failed to use his huge majority to improve anything and now his own party is on manoeuvres to get rid of him. Trouble is that there’s no one in Labour to take over who wouldn’t move the party significantly to the left, which is not what the public voted for in 2024. What a mess.
But the problem is - as Sir John Major pointed out you can change the man or woman but the landscape stays the same. The problems we have appear intractable. We are increasingl balkanised with the breakdown of the two party system and do seem to lack the courage to confront many issues.
I agree Starmer has been a disappointment - but perhaps his failure should make us appreciate professional politicians more. Just because you were a successful KC, then top civil servant does not mean you can stir a crowd with your rhetoric or understand what will or will not go down with the man/woman on the Clapham omnibus. Successful politicians like Blair are a mixture of charm, guile, intelligence, immagination and most of all the ability to sense the mood in the room and the country.
I would pay good money to see Big Ange take on The Don.
You say that Rainer's policies could cause taxation on ordinary people to rise. No it wouldn't have to as there are the 50 families who own more wealth than 34 Million people. A recent survey came up with the idea that 75% of Millionaires would see it as their moral duty to pay more tax if asked.
You point out that most people under 30 would not fight for King and country. People fight for their mates and than for the places where they are rooted. Where they have things. The average under 30 year old has no stake in the nation, so why would they fight for it? (and I'm a veteran and I have talked to people about service.
You use to write well balanced stuff. Now you merely repeat Neoliberal ideas which while they may fit in with where you usually publish is actually a form of propaganda.
You are better than that.
He’s become an embarrassment. He’s singularly failed to use his huge majority to improve anything and now his own party is on manoeuvres to get rid of him. Trouble is that there’s no one in Labour to take over who wouldn’t move the party significantly to the left, which is not what the public voted for in 2024. What a mess.