Open Britain on Starmer’s refusal to revive democracy | Beastrabban\’s Weblog
Beastrabban has received an email from Open Britain on Starmer’s refusal to revive democracy.
It runs as follows:
It hasn’t yet been a hundred days, and Labour’s polling lead is down to just one point.
While the news may shock some political analysts, the underlying context is clear. Trust in politics in this country is at record lows, and dissatisfaction with politicians at record highs. Britons largely feel that the system is rigged in favour of the “rich and powerful”, and the vast majority believe that our system of government needs improvement.
Starmer’s strategy, so far, has been to pretend that Labour won a 1997 vote share, a massive landslide that gives him a “clear mandate in all four nations.” The reality is that he won less votes than Corbyn did in 2019, and that Labour doesn’t even have any MPs in Northern Ireland. In fact, this July we witnessed the least proportional election in British political history.
The PM, in his rousing 2023 Labour Conference speech, rallied the audience against the “shallow men of Westminster,” attacking the toxic political ecosystem polluting political discourse and decision-making. The public more broadly clearly resonates with that sentiment.
But instead of the overhaul Starmer urged for in that speech, we’ve got next to nothing on democratic commitments. If Labour continues to sit on its hands, the public will keep on regarding politicians as self-serving and corrupt. They’ll keep on fomenting distrust – not helped by silly freebies scandals and abrupt resignations.
Sometimes, a refusal to act is an action in and of itself. Starmer’s naïveté is currently carving a path for Nigel Farage and the far-right to reach Downing St, providing them with the fodder they need to exploit people’s frustrations and protecting the electoral system they need to get into office with a minority of the vote.
The UK’s political decline is not a product of any one government, but rather the water we all swim in. Until the new Government can acknowledge that – and act meaningfully to address it – this country will remain divided, defeated, and disillusioned.
Starmer certainly talked big about restoring democracy – when he was in Opposition and on the campaign trail. The trouble is, he’s now managed to gain power via the system we have; why would he want to change it?
Do you agree?
Source: Open Britain on Starmer’s Complete Absence of Plans for Reviving Democracy | Beastrabban\’s Weblog
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stammer the spammer the cuckoo in the nest trouble is he’s no labour politician nore are is cahoots they all greedie people’s yet those who wouldn’t listen have now put a demme god into power we will get punished by him it’s started all ready don’t say that he’s bringing power back to the people’s he hasn’t at the moment listening to whot he’s going to do then find out it hurts the peasants not the rich
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