“Every time the government appears in public it seems to want to sound more Conservative than the Conservatives. “What is particularly baffling is that it seems to have decided on this strategy at a time when the Tory party is at an all-time nadir in popularity, funding, and competence.” - ThreadSky

jamesrball.com • 18 days ago

“Every time the government appears in public it seems to want to sound more Conservative than the Conservatives.

“What is particularly baffling is that it seems to have decided on this strategy at a time when the Tory party is at an all-time nadir in popularity, funding, and competence.”

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icabojo.bsky.social•18 days ago

Or money for a refinery in Belgium.....

litterygeniarse.bsky.social•18 days ago

I wrote this before the GE.
I stand by it now when Labour have tackled NONE of the big problems caused by corporatism and attendant corruption.
https://johnhuwevans.wordpress.com/2023/07/30/a-woke-alliance/

litterygeniarse.bsky.social•18 days ago

I dated this list of policy areas⬇️.
The only progrss is the Covid Commission which still hasn't prosecuted anyone. (Establishment window dressing)
On top of that Labour have reintroduced PFIs to privatise the NHS, worsened austerity and appease water, fossil plastic PLCs

sparkleandsmile.bsky.social•18 days ago

External influence, who they work for through the aid they give from our taxes and the back handers they receive mostly under the table. Acting in the interest of an apartheid country that is committing genocide and ethnic cleansing of a caged indigenous population so they can occupy their land.

wesselg2.bsky.social•18 days ago

The ideological hegemony of the liberal system. If you can't frame it in terms of self determination, you can't sell the policy. They're too afraid for "the voter" to go against that frame. And this is what happens if there is no separation of powers since parties should rule themselves.

chrisarundel.bsky.social•18 days ago

Totally agree. Brexit is widely, and rightly, viewed as a disaster, but the Labour Party is determined to plod on with it, irrespective of the damage to the country.