Emeritus Prof Christopher May

@sjwrenlewis explores some reasons the Labour Govt. has not been doing so well.... including an unwillingness to say, outright, that Brexit has been a failure.

But, as he also notes, in opposition & now it 'was never realistic to think that better management could bring Western European levels of public service provision with substantially lower than Western European levels of tax'!

Well, Rachel Reeves looks likely to have to grasp that nettle pretty soon!

#politics
https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/07/everyone-knows-labour-has-made-mistakes.html

Everyone knows Labour has made mistakes. What is more worrying is why those mistakes were made.

  Every political journalist has been writing their one year assessment of the Labour government. The general view is that Labour is in cris...

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Show threadRichard Michael Blaber4d ago
@ChrisMayLA6 @sjwrenlewis Really? The supposed "U-turn" on #disability #benefits is just a tactical retreat until Timms delivers his Review, & the cut to the health element of UC is going ahead. Furthermore, the Govt. plan to cut the legal entitlement of #disabled #children to #SEND #education. Starmer has reiterated his opposition to a #wealth tax. There's plenty of money for nuclear warheads, though!
Show threadEmeritus Prof Christopher May4d ago

@rmblaber1956 @sjwrenlewis

yes, SWL's point is really that they need to be thinking about how to balance tax & borrowing better & then to also make the case for higher rates of taxation, if they are going to retain (lower) borrowing... its a Q. of political leadership on running a 'proper' welfare state

Show threadMostlyTato3d ago
@ChrisMayLA6 @sjwrenlewis
"In political terms Farage is Brexit, and the failure of Brexit should sink Farage, but only if government politicians are prepared to label Brexit a failure."
/Nods.
Show threadSufferForMe 🆘3d ago

@ChrisMayLA6

Ah, i see the problem here.
The presumption that they are capable of 'better management'.

Any attempt at management is going to fail if it is based on dogma rather than facts and practicalities, let alone the actual abilities of the people involved.

@sjwrenlewis

Show threadEmeritus Prof Christopher May3d ago

@sufferforme @sjwrenlewis

Yup, and you know what I think of British 'management'....