I preface this by saying freely that I’m a Conservative and always have been, but I hope I’ve demonstrated over the years that I can be reasonably dispassionate: I do notice in some Labour supporters a strain of magical thinking that Starmer is so muted, cautious and light on policy details because he’s focused on winning the election (which is a valid hypothesis) but that he will suddenly cast off those chains on 5 July and deliver some kind of progressive, social democratic nirvana. His very blankness has allowed some people to project anything they want on to him. I’m deeply sceptical that that will be the case.
Agreed. Virtually all of the major policy initiatives that the country needs are so wide ranging and expensive that the reality will be fairly lacklustre or so revolutionary it's unrecognisable. Given Starmers history of bouncing back and forth in an attempt to hold a grand coalition together I'm not holding my breath. I'd like to see major change. I just don't see Labour being either willing or competent to do it.
I preface this by saying freely that I’m a Conservative and always have been, but I hope I’ve demonstrated over the years that I can be reasonably dispassionate: I do notice in some Labour supporters a strain of magical thinking that Starmer is so muted, cautious and light on policy details because he’s focused on winning the election (which is a valid hypothesis) but that he will suddenly cast off those chains on 5 July and deliver some kind of progressive, social democratic nirvana. His very blankness has allowed some people to project anything they want on to him. I’m deeply sceptical that that will be the case.
Agreed. Virtually all of the major policy initiatives that the country needs are so wide ranging and expensive that the reality will be fairly lacklustre or so revolutionary it's unrecognisable. Given Starmers history of bouncing back and forth in an attempt to hold a grand coalition together I'm not holding my breath. I'd like to see major change. I just don't see Labour being either willing or competent to do it.