Starmer: I will tackle our flabby state
Sir Keir Starmer has warned that the British state has become “overcautious and flabby”.
“People want a state that will take care of the big questions, not a bigger state that asks more from them,” he says. “We need to be operating at maximum efficiency and strength.
“I believe in the power of the state. I’m not interested in ideological arguments about whether it should be bigger or smaller. I simply want it to work.”
He says that the state was at its best – “dynamic, strong and urgent” – in response to last summer’s riots, but admits: “That’s not the state that most people will recognise”.
"I believe in the power of the state" - we knew that, but therein lies the problem, that and mendacity, incompetence, lack of experience, futile ideology, censoring the dissident, inadequate colleagues, a fractured culture, failing policies, misplaced public optimism, dishonest media, too many narcissists, poor advice, too many quangos, a lack of accountability and an absurd reliance on slogans.
For example, what the blue blazes was “dynamic, strong and urgent” if it wasn't good evidence of an automatic instinct towards censorship and repression?
4 comments:
Blimey, that's quite an admission!
"The best thing we've done so far is to select a group of people who challenge our narrative, and jail them for Facebook posts.".
The NHS England is apparently going to be wound up. I wonder how many people will actually lose their job? Or will they just be shuffled somewhere else?
The Conservatives turned into Labour and lost hugely at the last General Election, and Labour are now turning into Conservatives – although whether they carry their traditional supporters with them remains to be seen.
Oh I see! He wants a stronger more reliable state, the better to crack down on the portion of the public that opposes him and the big state.
Sam - although if you explained it to him, he would probably claim that anyone who disagrees with him is a blocker, but if you ask why he needs to block blockers he may start malfunctioning.
DJ - it would be no surprise if nobody loses their job apart from those who want early retirement or voluntary redundancy. It feels like tighter centralisation to me, a core aspect of Starmer's outlook.
Tammly - yes, that's all he seems to mean by it, nothing to do with more reliable outcomes.
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