Looking through the rest of the document, we're further away from things I've done much thought on, and I'm wary of commenting; I'll discuss environment later, in more detail. What I would note? Actual targets, ways of measuring success. Very unusual in British politics. /23 - ThreadSky

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Looking through the rest of the document, we're further away from things I've done much thought on, and I'm wary of commenting; I'll discuss environment later, in more detail. What I would note? Actual targets, ways of measuring success. Very unusual in British politics. /23

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tomabacon.bsky.social•82 days ago

Some will no doubt be frustrated because Brexit isn't mentioned here. Bluntly: there's a reason. Whether you like it or not, Starmer believes there is no public appetite for Brexit to be reopened. /24

tomabacon.bsky.social•82 days ago

Brexit sucked up all political oxygen in the room for a long time. Reopen it, and that will happen again. The state we're in is partly because we had government doing nothing but Brexit. /25

tomabacon.bsky.social•82 days ago

Does this mean Brexit isn't damaging? No. Does it mean we'll need to address it in the end? Yes. But I don't believe we're in a fit place to do so now, because doing so would lead to a myopia that prevented anything else happening. /26

tomabacon.bsky.social•82 days ago

All in all, I'm quite pleased with this. It feels like a genuine program of government, with specific and measurable targets so they can be held to account. It's a relief to see, after years with no real government. /27

tomabacon.bsky.social•82 days ago

Starmer expects this to be a government of two halves: first half unpopular due to trying to rebuild things, a costly and time-consuming project... followed by a second half that's more about - well, forgive the jargon - "delivery." His hope is that the latter period will win people over. /29

tomabacon.bsky.social•82 days ago

In truth, I don't think there's any way any government could be popular right now. We're in too much of a mess, and fixing it is going to take time. So I agree with that general assessment. /30

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