It would be a grave error to wait until Labour is in government to scrutinise what the party has to offer, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
‘Keir Starmer’s team have bet the house on economic growth to drive new investment: if that doesn’t arrive, what then?’‘Keir Starmer’s team have bet the house on economic growth to drive new investment: if that doesn’t arrive, what then?’It would be a grave error to wait until Labour is in government to scrutinise what the party has to offerwill reside in 10 Downing Street as the 58th British prime minister.
It is natural for Labour to resist such an approach. The impression of a done deal breeds complacency among voters. But they also surely know that solemn warnings to never underestimate the Tories helpfully shifts scrutiny away from the coming Labour administration.
But it is hard to see how Labour will rebuild a shattered public realm under its current plans. It has reversed Starmer’s leadership commitments to hike taxes on the well-to-do, and imposed what it calls “iron-clad fiscal rules” which severely limit what it can spend. Reversing the NHS’s increasingly existential crisis – accentuated by an ageing population – alone requires vast sums of money.
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