Joseph Dinnage has a depressing CAPX piece on what many people seem resigned to - Keir Starmer as Prime Minister may our safest bet because the alternatives are likely to be worse. Worth reading for those who can stomach the idea.
The King’s Speech confirms that Starmer is our safest bet
This was not the King’s Speech Keir Starmer imagined it would be. The crisis engulfing the Prime Minister has become so terminal that Buckingham Palace even questioned whether it would be appropriate for the King to speak at all.
But Starmer hasn’t maneuvered himself to the top job for nothing, and he patently won’t go down without a fight. So the show goes on, and as did the King’s Speech.
Setting out the Government’s agenda, King Charles outlined 35 pieces of legislation that Starmer – if he lasts for long enough – believes will transform Britain’s fortunes.
One of the greatest obstacles to this administration’s success has been its confused approach to the economy. Before the election, we were promised a government hell bent on achieving growth, that would make the tough decisions necessary to achieve it. But what did we get? Job-killing workers’ rights legislation, tax hikes and yet more unproductive public spending.
If the reopening of Parliament was supposed to mark a radical new departure, it certainly did not deliver.
- It's depressing, but the bond markets have made their preference clear
- In times of economic and geopolitical uncertainty, we should stick with the devil we know
- Britain could decline even more sharply under a new Labour leader
This was not the King’s Speech Keir Starmer imagined it would be. The crisis engulfing the Prime Minister has become so terminal that Buckingham Palace even questioned whether it would be appropriate for the King to speak at all.
But Starmer hasn’t maneuvered himself to the top job for nothing, and he patently won’t go down without a fight. So the show goes on, and as did the King’s Speech.
Setting out the Government’s agenda, King Charles outlined 35 pieces of legislation that Starmer – if he lasts for long enough – believes will transform Britain’s fortunes.
One of the greatest obstacles to this administration’s success has been its confused approach to the economy. Before the election, we were promised a government hell bent on achieving growth, that would make the tough decisions necessary to achieve it. But what did we get? Job-killing workers’ rights legislation, tax hikes and yet more unproductive public spending.
If the reopening of Parliament was supposed to mark a radical new departure, it certainly did not deliver.
6 comments:
Achieving growth was just an aspiration.
Destroying our country in order to forge a golden, utopia, socialist, wet dream has always been the true goal.
We are not hearing the message and it needs hammering home by a visionary like Sturmer.
If Stress Wetting wins will I have to coin another nickname for him?
Will the PM in "Stress Wetting PM" imply "Plentiful Micturition"?
Or will we have Weird Ed PM? That would prove God does have a sense of humour.
Whoever takes over would likely be a lot worse, but I've been reading this morning that if there was a leadership challenge, the government might be shut down for months. That at least is a little silver lining. Give us all a small break from each new daily fresh hell that keeps coming out of parliament
Mike - yes, achieving growth was merely an aspiration on the road towards the golden goal under Keir the Seer.
dearieme - I reckon the whole situation tells us that God has a sense of humour. "So you thought you were powerful did you?" whispers through an icy breeze as we build more windmills to keep mild warmth at bay.
Bucko - that's a thought, if the challenges go on for months and months it should slow them down and allow real people to get on with their lives.
Stumbler wriggled into Leadership of the Labour party (and then Prime Minister) by presenting himself as a 'safe pair of hands'. It worked for a while but after numerous U Turns and Relaunches his Unique Selling Point lies in tatters.
He is still doing this as 'I'm a safe pair of hands, but everyone else will be worse'. Other people may even 'be worse' but that's no way to run a country. In my view Stumbler 'deserves' to be replaced and the electorate must become feared again. Otherwise we will see the two main parties taking turns again, taking turns at being ineffective, indolent and following the Universal Davos Policies.
DJ - I agree, once his safe pair of hands are shown to be worthless then he has nothing else. One problem seem to be attracting more genuine and competent people into politics. It's not happening, we are ending up with dabblers and charlatans.
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