Some government action that you may be interested to read.

You are so good at this sort of "keeping in touch" post Whitewavemark2. Thank you. (Now to read it all! )

Especially given his former profession, I find Starmer a terribly boring speaker.

I believe there is a vision but that there isn’t much of a clue about how to achieve it. Reeves’s budgetary attacks on business and farming surely demonstrate that.

I expect to be swooped on now but if there is a vision and a p,a now is the time to set it out clearly and definitively, because it hasn’t come across so far.
Indeed.

So, to me, nodding off = not holding the listener's attention. (Unless you'd had a big lunch and 🍷! Sorry.) 😴
It's down to the delivery and timing of the proposal/message.

Another above example of delivery: point 9 is exactly the same amount, £20 million, that James Brokenshire gave to the homeless in 2018. It was given on World Homeless Day, so I actually remember the upbeat song and dance announcement because it was pertinent.

We all look at politics differently, many don't have time to sift through reports and documents, or to listen in full so if the delivery could be more positive and meaningful, then more people might take a greater interest.
Just my opinion.

and a plan

I suppose I was hoping for more radical action to put things right with a huge majority.

The stuff on list is all good but there doesn’t seem to be a master plan, an overall vision, that all departments are working to.

It kind of reminds me of when I was working in a failing school and everybody was trying hard to make improvements in their own subject, but lots of smaller projects didn’t add up to the massive change that was needed. It was all unconnected.

Talking to people, there seems to be a general impression that the Government hasn’t got an overall grip or plan but are just doing a bit of this and that.

I expect to be swooped on now but if there is a vision and a p,a now is the time to set it out clearly and definitively, because it hasn’t come across so far.

Mamie

I think KS is very positive when he does events like the AI launch, green energy etc. I get the impression that people don't always take the time to listen all the way through,

Because I’ve usually nodded off 😴

I am somewhat conflicted about additional legal aid funds being made available for immigration. Some of the lawyers lining their pockets in this way have been struck off for their actions. The availability of legal aid has been drastically reduced over recent years but remains in place for immigration cases. Of course though, Starmer is a human rights lawyer. I have no problem with additional legal aid being made available for housing problems. It’s much needed there.

Mamie David Starkey makes more sense than you might think. It’s true that Reeves has increased NIC on employers which has resulted in job losses. It’s true that the bond markets don’t support the Uk in the same way as the USA. It’s true that Reeves doesn’t support private growth but public etc …..

Indeed, but I believe he has a point.

ronib

David Starkey suggests that Reeves can’t afford her policies. Reeves has increased employer’s national insurance contributions so resulting in less growth and a decline in the number of workers in jobs. Secondly, by putting growth in the public sector before growth in the private sector, Reeves will be unable to borrow at competitive rates to achieve her economic goals. The money is not in the UK economy to fund green energy for example. The bond markets do not support the UK. So Starmer is rightfully downbeat?

David Starkey, the right-wing historian? (Once known as the rudest man in Britain).
Would you really take his opinion on the economy seriously?

Casdon

The issue is Oreo that is is impossible to have a reasoned discussion on a thread which considers the whole picture because people throw grenades in constantly to derail the discussion. There is room for both threads I think. They cover different aspects, and different viewpoints, and that’s fine.

I agree and even the most ardent supporters of either main parties have to admit that there has been shortcomings within their parties

David Starkey suggests that Reeves can’t afford her policies. Reeves has increased employer’s national insurance contributions so resulting in less growth and a decline in the number of workers in jobs. Secondly, by putting growth in the public sector before growth in the private sector, Reeves will be unable to borrow at competitive rates to achieve her economic goals. The money is not in the UK economy to fund green energy for example. The bond markets do not support the UK. So Starmer is rightfully downbeat?

I listened to KS yesterday on the subject of AI and I heartily agree with him that getting ahead in this field is much needed.
I couldn't listen to every word, because I was travelling to France, but the delivery was spoilt by his continual mark my words said like the Headmaster every time.
petra is kind of correct here, why not include the "we can" more in order to represent a bigger, more united "us" picture?

So happy about no. 1! Tories were going to allow it.

GrannyGravy13

I would like to see KS project a more positive approach.

Constant negativity is not good for the country.

Rightly or wrongly it worked for Trump. 🤷‍♀️
The same with the Obama chant We can do it, yes we can

Oreo

Am glad you agree.
So far on the threads there aren’t any grenades, not to say there won’t be.😁

Progress of a sort I guess. Maybe that’s what we should aim for, separate threads, to avoid conflict in future.

Am glad you agree.
So far on the threads there aren’t any grenades, not to say there won’t be.😁

The issue is Oreo that is is impossible to have a reasoned discussion on a thread which considers the whole picture because people throw grenades in constantly to derail the discussion. There is room for both threads I think. They cover different aspects, and different viewpoints, and that’s fine.

I don’t think that getting it, the bad news over with in the first six months was deliberate, at any rate not all of it, and the worry is that there’s more to come.
RR said she wouldn’t be coming back for more in the ( to my mind as well as others) bad budget but she most definitely will be doing where taxes are concerned.The thread running concurrently is just as relevant even if started by a non Labour voter and contains all the doings of things to be brushed under the carpet on this thread.I believe we have to consider both threads.We’re all different and will like or dislike some policies but it can’t be all one thread good and the other thread all bad.
It’s a mix.

I think KS is very positive when he does events like the AI launch, green energy etc. I get the impression that people don't always take the time to listen all the way through,

Thanks for posting. It's good see all these worthwhile activities quietly going on.

The funny thing is how different this list is to the thread running concurrently. There are good things happening as well as some not so good.
We all see what’s happening so differently. I don’t agree with Oreo, I think the getting the bad news over with at the beginning of the government is a deliberate tactic, and I expect to see more of it this year. I don’t see major changes to the cabinet either, although there may be a reshuffle.. Next year the take the medicine phase will lift on the domestic front, and we will move into rehabilitation.

I would like to see KS project a more positive approach.

Constant negativity is not good for the country.