Keir Starmer says the Labour Govt. has to do 'difficult things now' knowing that its going to make them unpopular....
I have no problem with 'difficult decisions', but extending austerity or further impoverishing the poor, are not 'difficult decisions'.
Difficult decisions would be increasing taxes on the wealthy, reducing various forms of corporate welfare or tackling profiteering across the economy.
His decisions are targeting the weak, that's not difficult its business as usual.
This exactly - punching down is never a "difficult" decision, it's always both easy and cowardly.
For Starmer, not standing up to business profiteering and doubling down on austerity means that his name will be dragged through the mud by everyone actually dealing with the cost of living crisis, but he will probably get some nice speaking deals when he retires to ease that pain 😑
My conclusion about Starmer’s pronouncements is that he has a lot of f*ckwit advisors. He needs to kick them into touch along with Tony Blair and revisit some Keynesian economics. And also lose Wes Streeting. The NHS needs the Lansley reforms to be undone not heavier reliance on the private sector. Aren’t the railways and water industry enough evidence that privatisation doesn’t work.
Yup, we're on the same page - and the interest in Keynes needs to go beyond the cartoon version of demand management
Couldn’t agree more. They could do worse than read Skidelsky’s book, Keynes:The return of the old master.
Agreed; great placer to start!
Good Q. - I guess the supplementary Q. is does her arm actually need to be twisted, or would the T-brain encourage her in that direction anyway?
Yes, Dillow is good on this....
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