'being the grown ups' without structural solutions or attacking your opponents, a test case:
real problem that democratic politicians fetishize being “responsible” and “the grown ups”
Toby Buckle
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simple rule:
commentators who said "this won't work" fron the start should be listened to
those who didn't, shouldn't
We have a paper on how Labour's strategy is disastrous.
There's an exclusive coverage in @newstatesman.com
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in terms of ideological direction, idk maybe a slight shift to the right (as starmer reshuffles tend to)
i'd think about in more in terms of loyalty tho - starmer's never really trusted the PLP & has quite a tight circle of people he'll listen to, this likley reflects that
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so, bit of a boring take:
this isn't a turning point, nor is it the wheels falling off
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reading between the lines at bit - the "phase two" talk suggests they get this isn't working
but the details of the reshuffle suggest they think the solution is to execute the current strategy better, rather than change strategy
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UK reshuffle probably isn't that big a deal
no new direction, mostly movement within the cabinet
Full Details of Reshuffle:
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i say dropping my own patreon lol
so i never said i was a neutral party in this - but i'm right; fund the media you want to see more of, starve the ones who are contributing to the problem
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the practical collary of that is stop funding media that contribute to the problem (subscriptions, etc)
BUT don't just withdraw that money - give it to platforms/ people who are getting it right
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we have accepted (& this may be even more true in the UK than US) a columnist class who are demonstrably wrong about everything & never face consequences for that
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relatedly, here's me predicting their (the govs) current strategic dead end before they even got into office
What's frustrating about (UK) Labour's current spending/popularity predicament is how predictable it was.
Look - here's me predicting it:
