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I didn't ask for a definition.

I asked if you're claiming this government is implementing austerity.

You're claiming Labour are imposing austerity?

Not liking the imbalance in power doesn't make it go away. Reeves has to keep the bond markets happy as a priority.

Keeping them happy benefits the country.

The bond markets have a lot of power.

So you're opposed to the workers and renters rights bills? Both of which Farage opposed.

Passive administration? Have you not seen any of the legislation they've been passing?

You seem unduly negative.

It's a lot of effort and airtime by the government on a policy that will do very little.

Why don't they talk about the good stuff they've been doing. Workers rights, tenants rights, fixing the schools and hospitals the Conservatives left to crumble etc...

Insane how quickly these institutions reputations have been destroyed.

It was a very good series

I'd much rather they talked about the good stuff they've been doing. Loads of it and the media aren't going to talk about it.

The lack of consistency in the media never fails to amaze me.

Granted I'm not expecting them to necessarily stick to the same position for 25 years but more than a couple of days would be nice.

Beautiful work

Hugely damaging and stupid own goal by the government.

They shouldn't be having this kind of internal squabbling so early in their term and it makes them look completely out of control.

Thanks for the depressing but fair update Ian.

McSweeney really needs to go but it feels like the poor political wisdom that resulted in Starmer letting him become CoS over Sue Grey also prevents him from getting rid of McSweeney.

He's too much the civil servant.

It's difficult to take those who consider themselves to be the 'true left' seriously

Most Brexit voters don't think it was a mistake so they have little incentive to change their position. Indeed such a shift could lose them support amongst their base.

It doesn't really matter what they so when most of the media and commentariat will frame it negatively to their audiences.

Labour could turn the country around and notably improve quality of life but the public perceptions will still be based on what the media/commentariat tell them.

I had high hopes for Starmer but needless own goals, abysmal comms, adopting socially
conservatives stances, and generally awful political sense has really damaged this government's future prospects.

A real shame since many of their policies are very good and essential for the UK's future.

They really are the Conservative continuity party.

Wish we could just put them on their own island somewhere so they can enjoy their 'ethnically homogeneous Christian' culture away from the rest of us.

I miss the days when people were shunned for doing objectively bad stuff or at most used as an example of what you shouldn't do in life.

Now they're given a pedestal by commentariat ghouls wanting to cash in on the drama.

Very good.

The "Immaturing with age" quote made me chuckle.

This paper needs a disclaimer that it shouldn't be taken seriously.

A reorganisation of party politics along Brexit dividing lines is possible but I don't think it's particularly likely when most people have more pressing concerns that they don't associate with Brexit.

they're spending too much on social media with people who normalise normally socally objectionable views.

There are some subjects, such as sexual violence, where arguing semantics is really inadvisable.

At best it indicates a lack of wisdom and empathy, at worst it looks like you're part of the problem.

It feels like people are increasing losing the awareness to self-censor. Perhaps because

posting stories fed to her by her Conservative party sources without making any effort to even validate the story, and to make matters worse the BBC News senior management praised her for this.

There numerous issues but the one that I found most notable in recent years had been the shift towards client journalism.

Laura Kuenssberg was the embodiment of what happens when a journalist abandons their objectivity in favour of access and scoops.

Eventually she was reduced to uncritically

Always the ones you most expect

Ed doesn't have responsibility for everything that Starmer has to handle.

There are real world consequences if Starmer starts picking fights with Trump and it won't just be UK who pays the price.

Starmer no doubt wishes he could say the same as Ed.