I'm inclined towards the generous interpretation on how Labour speaks about the economy - as the anti-Labour rhetoric is so potent in that area. But I'm inclined towards the ungenerous interpretation on other areas of policy where things feel not nonexistent but patchy and not interconnected. One example: policy on oracy seemed rather random or not part of a greater whole. Maybe though there's a method in this. Keep your cards close to your chest until the election campaign and then say more... maybe. My fear is more about the potency of laser focused Tory attack lines (on ulez, green belt, immigration, economy, green taxes, trans rights) that get picked up and amplified by the media in an election campaign and which end up overshadowing any solid policy offers that Labour finally does being announce. The Uxbridge result was an example of this in microcosm. I fear there is much life left in the Tory beast yet. And a lot can happen in an election campaign.
We aren’t seeing Starmer and the shadow cabinet teaching and persuading the electorate. We get tentative proposals and then a row back the criticism comes in. ULEZ was a terrible back track. Robust defence and explanation would have probably gained them interest and maybe a few hundred votes in the positive ledger.
I'm inclined towards the generous interpretation on how Labour speaks about the economy - as the anti-Labour rhetoric is so potent in that area. But I'm inclined towards the ungenerous interpretation on other areas of policy where things feel not nonexistent but patchy and not interconnected. One example: policy on oracy seemed rather random or not part of a greater whole. Maybe though there's a method in this. Keep your cards close to your chest until the election campaign and then say more... maybe. My fear is more about the potency of laser focused Tory attack lines (on ulez, green belt, immigration, economy, green taxes, trans rights) that get picked up and amplified by the media in an election campaign and which end up overshadowing any solid policy offers that Labour finally does being announce. The Uxbridge result was an example of this in microcosm. I fear there is much life left in the Tory beast yet. And a lot can happen in an election campaign.
We aren’t seeing Starmer and the shadow cabinet teaching and persuading the electorate. We get tentative proposals and then a row back the criticism comes in. ULEZ was a terrible back track. Robust defence and explanation would have probably gained them interest and maybe a few hundred votes in the positive ledger.