'The Labour leader has allowed his natural uber-cautious instincts to morph into an apparent inability to choose policies around which the faithful could rally' // ruth_wishart
Labour leader Keir Starmer and deputy leader Angela Rayner arrive by train to Selby, North YorkshireYet there is one quote which not only stands the test of time, but is particularly apposite to the current posture of the modern“To govern is to choose,” quoth Nigel. “To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern.”
She is still there because the constitution does not allow him to defenestrate her. The last time he tried to mud-wrestle her into submission, she emerged with several more job titles than before. However, even before he had had a proper peek at the figures, incoming chancellor Brown declared he would stick to the Tory spending plans for the first two years of a Labour government.
What has spooked Keir and Rachel is the fear of 1992 coming back to bite them on the backside: the thought of blowing what seemed a pretty well rock-solid lead in the polling.The fastest route to which fate, they’ve concluded, is to allow the Tories to deploy the age-old charge that Labour can’t be trusted with the economy. In my book, this would be a rather difficult trick to pull off post Liz Truss and postAh yes, Brexit.
If a policy was “heinous” then, it is heinous now, and since everything has to be costed before promised, why not embrace what used to be Labour values and tax the very wealthy to protect the very poor?Besides, judging from previous pronouncements, Reeves is very much a paid-up member of the “deserving and undeserving” poor brigade. She once pronounced that anyone unemployed for two years would need to take a job offer or lose benefits.
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