What is the logic on rolling back plans for taxing the wealthy if lack of fiscal headroom is the problem then? Why would you reverse on changing the charitable status of private schools if lack of fiscal headroom is the problem?
The actual reasoning is they are completely on board with the same neoliberal economics that the Tories subscribe to. Keep the donors happy, fuck the little guy.
I’m no communist or socialist, but it’s clear to me that Starmer is establishment to the core. He isn’t lurching to the centre from a pragmatic perspective, he is occupying the space he wants to occupy. The fact the media don’t fear him in any way tells you enough.
Effective at maintaining the status quo for the powerful. That’s the only reason he is championed as effective.
You can want the rich to pay their fair share without burrowing into populism. At the moment what are they offering for an average person other than a red rosette?
Absolutely not. It’s completely disingenuous to say just because Corbyn advocated for a specific policy then that policy is no longer workable due to 2019. He had problems that extended far beyond his manifesto.
Everything does now because of lack of fiscal headroom, things will look wildly different in 18 months.
Both parties are keeping their powder dry. Tories for tax cuts, labour for spend.
Keir is a smart politician, ruthless and compassionate.
What is the logic on rolling back plans for taxing the wealthy if lack of fiscal headroom is the problem then? Why would you reverse on changing the charitable status of private schools if lack of fiscal headroom is the problem?
The actual reasoning is they are completely on board with the same neoliberal economics that the Tories subscribe to. Keep the donors happy, fuck the little guy.
Nope, it’s just pragmatic politics. If your opponent lurches right, you take the centre. You don’t lurch left, if you want to win.
This is how you get an ever rightward drift.
I’m no communist or socialist, but it’s clear to me that Starmer is establishment to the core. He isn’t lurching to the centre from a pragmatic perspective, he is occupying the space he wants to occupy. The fact the media don’t fear him in any way tells you enough.
UK moves from centre right to centre left fairly predictably. Thankfully the hard right or left never get the popular vote.
Starmer seems quite boring but effective. I don’t have a problem with that. Popularism is much more dangerous.
Effective at maintaining the status quo for the powerful. That’s the only reason he is championed as effective.
You can want the rich to pay their fair share without burrowing into populism. At the moment what are they offering for an average person other than a red rosette?
Well the Labour party tried that in 2019 with the worst results ever, you suggest a repeat?
Absolutely not. It’s completely disingenuous to say just because Corbyn advocated for a specific policy then that policy is no longer workable due to 2019. He had problems that extended far beyond his manifesto.
And his problems were that he and his cohort were too far left to get elected.
Same as Kinnock.
Nothing more than centre left is electable, evidenced by the election results of the last hundred years.