Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
I think the first part is absolutely right - but rather that that requiring a sensible policy adjustment, it means there is a perfect excuse for a political coward and serial liar to carry out yet another pledge dump as the Blairite cabal whisper in his ear.
Far too simple an explanation for me. The idea that societies, networks, ways of working, delivery, funding etc are wholly determined by who is in national govt is wrong. And because that's wrong it means it won't change with a new govt.

Of course it's a complimentary factor, a big one, but there is so much going on in the world of work and in society and it is waaaay overlooked as a factor by those seeking to make a political point of it.

The clearest demonstration of this is that different councils, hospitals etc perform differently. Birmingham Council for example spunked Ł80m on an IT project. That's nothing to do with central govt. Likewise, it it made much difference we would have much better services here in Wales, yet we don't.

Things like working from home, immigration, covid, society changing and becoming more digital are far bigger factors.

Very little will change under a Labour central government unless underlying issues and causes are addressed and I hold little hope of that.

We are an unhappy, paranoid, lazy, inefficient, short term thinking, increasingly isolated society. Tories did not make that better but they didn't cause it either