THEY don’t mean us, of course. All of this chat about north-south divides, levelling up, etc. All over the airwaves it’s been clear this week…
home secretary is to promise to be less compassionate than his/her predecessor, though it has to be said that “compassionate conservatism” qualifies as one of the more obvious oxymorons of our time.
Or, as Oxford professor Danny Dorling observed the other day, the Scottish Child Payment may have caused the largest fall in child poverty anywhere in Europe “since the fall of the Berlin Wall”. The point is not that Scotland is a land of milk and honey, but that successive governments have tried to engage with the best instincts of the voting public, rather than play to the baying mobs.and global warming is another example where short-termism is given a makeover and re-sold as “energy security” or “help with bills”.
Many will lose their homes as the climactic changes make their land uninhabitable. Many have lost them already due to war and regional conflicts. Some will be seeking a better future for their children, as did the parents of Patel, Braverman and Sunak. From agreeing to maintain the two-child cap on benefits, to the pledge not to remove the latest oilfield licence. How are you sleeping at night, Ed Miliband, by the way?
I happen to think the shadow UK cabinet is vastly more talented than the actual one, though the bar is increasingly low. But unless and until they are sufficiently unshackled to voice what used to be known as Labour values, they risk widespread abstentions.People need more than a totally unnecessary ID to come out and vote. They need to know their vote offers the possibility of a better life for them and, crucially, better opportunities for their kids.
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