I think the best thing the Tories could do right now is to bring back Theresa May, as a caregiver PM, and call a snap election.
Clement Attlee 2.0: It's time; for Keir Starmer to win that electoral mandate, and get the country recovering.
Clement Attlee 2.0: It's time; for Keir Starmer to win that electoral mandate, and get the country recovering.
D'oh! Caretaker PM is the term I meant to use above, not caregiver PM, lol. See, I am informally a kind of caregiver for elderly family and I'd been reading about the subject when I happened to write the tweet. I don't even like the term. "Assistant" is more empowering...
The language we use for disability, impairment, and healthcare matters. I can (and do) tweet about it all the time.
But back to British and world politics.
#Brexit was a terrible idea. I see that now...
But back to British and world politics.
#Brexit was a terrible idea. I see that now...
Those UK voters who opted in 2016 to leave the EU had various reasons. Not all were or are anti-immigration, or even motivated by cross-cultural, nationality, or race issues. I love multiculturalism. My support *at that time* was nothing to do with that. It was constitutional.
I and, I suspect, many others in the UK, US, NZ, and elsewhere, supported a political-economic vision of smarter trade policies, expertly calibrated economic regulation, and more effective civil & political rights protection.
It was all a lie. I had helped enable the far right.
It was all a lie. I had helped enable the far right.
Globally, the fight back against the far right is well underway, and current polling makes that very clear in respect of the UK.
The RW won the 2016 Brexit vote by 4 points (52-48%). All of that lead is gone, and voters overwhelmingly want to reverse course ASAP.
However,
The RW won the 2016 Brexit vote by 4 points (52-48%). All of that lead is gone, and voters overwhelmingly want to reverse course ASAP.
However,
It's hard to see how the current Tory MPs can bring that policy into effect in their choice of a third PM in less than two months.
Too many are wedded to the damaging far right positions on economic, social, & foreign policy.
The UK will have to limp on toward an election.
Too many are wedded to the damaging far right positions on economic, social, & foreign policy.
The UK will have to limp on toward an election.
I absolutely support the idea of appointing Theresa May as a caretaker PM, bc the national crisis is deepening, and lives are being lost as we speak. This is no time to elevate another far right politician in the mould of Johnson and Truss.
The UK needs a safe(r) pair of hands.
The UK needs a safe(r) pair of hands.
New Zealand's governing Labour party MPs did something similar in 1990. Just 5 weeks before the scheduled general election, they replaced the lacklustre Geoffrey Palmer with the more charismatic Mike Moore.
The goal was to stem the expected losses. It worked.
The goal was to stem the expected losses. It worked.
I'm a huge fan of Geoffrey Palmer; as an esteemed constitutional scholar. But replacing him just before the 1990 election enabled the NZ Labour party to survive 9 years in opposition then barnstorm it's way back into real power at the end of the decade.
Think long term, Tories.
Think long term, Tories.
The Tories will lose the next election, by a lot.
It doesn't matter who is PM before then, the juggernaut cannot be turned around. The only question is how much more damage will be done to the country, let alone their party.
It's a character test; take notes. Then #VoteLabour
It doesn't matter who is PM before then, the juggernaut cannot be turned around. The only question is how much more damage will be done to the country, let alone their party.
It's a character test; take notes. Then #VoteLabour
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