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OK yes you mentioned "second-rate" which I interpreted as "unprofessional".
That's fair enough, if you expect the current Labour team to be like the local government politicians you encountered they may indeed not be competent enough.
It's a moot point anyway, in a way, as I live in Northern Ireland. England has more voters, so this whole Brexit and finances thing ultimately comes down to Westminster and we have to suck it up.
As people are unwilling to give either Labour or Greens or LibDems a change, they will just not vote. Combined with FPTP and the arguing in Labour the die was always loaded towards the Tories being in government again.
JWestland
I didn't mention 'professional', and as you suggest that has all sorts of partisan interpretations. The fact is I just honestly don't think they're good enough. I worked for a short while in local government, and came across a lot of people like the current Labour team. They were characterised by their contentment to operate their own realm, while showing little understanding of how to engage (and adjust) meaningfully with the realities of the outside world. They were bound by far too many years of second-rate working practices to stay within their own self-reinforcing world.