The poll ratings come as no surprise to me. I am intrigued at the idea that the electorate might have preferred a QC to a clown. Anyone who thought that must have had little or no experience of the voters.
Whereas I have once taken 46 times fewer votes than Laura Pidcock, and I have twice, 10 years apart, placed bottom of a poll that had been topped for the umpteenth time by an elderly alcoholic. Voters are like jurors, who are of course the same people. They are a good idea in theory.
Whereas I have once taken 46 times fewer votes than Laura Pidcock, and I have twice, 10 years apart, placed bottom of a poll that had been topped for the umpteenth time by an elderly alcoholic. Voters are like jurors, who are of course the same people. They are a good idea in theory.
That said, why not prefer Boris Johnson to Keir Starmer? Politically, so do I. Economically, Labour is now far and away the most right-wing party. Even the Liberal Democrats, whose departure from government ended the austerity programme, are outflanking Labour on issues such as the Universal Basic Income.
Nor is this a reverse Jeremy Corbyn situation, in which the Loony Right MPs want it but the members do not. The MPs, the members and the unions all wanted, and want, Starmer. If you want a party that is way out on the economic Hard Right, then vote Labour. But if you don't, then don't. You probably don't, so you probably won't.
Instead, to enormous popular acclaim, Johnson and Rishi Sunak are pursuing the agenda that Corbyn's more advanced supporters could never get through the Labour Party's labyrinthine committee system. The Budget of March 2020 has ended the era that began with the Budget of December 1976. The Centre is the think tank for this new era. Please give generously.
Nor is this a reverse Jeremy Corbyn situation, in which the Loony Right MPs want it but the members do not. The MPs, the members and the unions all wanted, and want, Starmer. If you want a party that is way out on the economic Hard Right, then vote Labour. But if you don't, then don't. You probably don't, so you probably won't.
Instead, to enormous popular acclaim, Johnson and Rishi Sunak are pursuing the agenda that Corbyn's more advanced supporters could never get through the Labour Party's labyrinthine committee system. The Budget of March 2020 has ended the era that began with the Budget of December 1976. The Centre is the think tank for this new era. Please give generously.
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