My latest @prospectmagazine.co.uk column is on why Labour need to create a proper mechanism for appointing advisers and getting policy ideas. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/wes... - ThreadSky

samfr.bsky.social • 87 days ago

My latest @prospectmagazine.co.uk column is on why Labour need to create a proper mechanism for appointing advisers and getting policy ideas.

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/westminster/civil-service/68695/starmer-government-needs-help-seeing-bigger-picture

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supernovalabs.co.uk•86 days ago

I'm not hard to find 😁

samfr.bsky.social•87 days ago

It builds on a recent paper by @patrickking.bsky.social and @charliepickles.bsky.social on a similar theme.

https://reform.uk/publications/grown-up-government-towards-a-comprehensive-model-of-political-support/

hotlineaguirre.bsky.social•87 days ago

The political void at the top of this government is quite something to behold. Say what you will about Corbyn and co, they had firm ideas about what they wanted to achieve and how they planned to do it. This lot have a whiteboard saying
‘1. Get elected.
2. ???
3. Highest GDP growth in G7’

charliepickles.bsky.social•87 days ago

Thanks Sam!

heritagestanley.bsky.social•87 days ago

I'm doubtful. I may be wrong, but I think that much of the problem is that Ministers themselves don't work out what they want or engage enough in the policy. Not saying they should bury themselves in the detail but if they delegate too much key thinking to advisers they'll fail

gillmorgan70.bsky.social•87 days ago

I really agree with this.

tamarainportugal.bsky.social•87 days ago

The simple answer is that they have adopted cognitive dissonance as a means to avoid confronting the bigger picture. It is less to do with the fact that they can't actually see it.

peterdt847.bsky.social•87 days ago

Spot on - there is a strategic gap in policy making. Thursdays announcement on targets and milestones for the new governments missions will show whether they are starting to plug that gap.

gingertravelguru.bsky.social•87 days ago

Just curious as to why reforming (getting rid of) the Sunday trading hours restrictions hasn't come up as part of their growth agenda? Surely that should be a pretty simple 'quick win' for them?

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