I think in some ways this just shows how inward looking and archaic UK politics has become. This sort of targeted state ownership isn't the super left thing it once was...its a serious policy to solve problems, nurture growth and generate wealth. Its the sort of thing that left and right wing governments are doing all over Europe. It feels like UK politics has been so up its own arse it never really left the 1970s.
I think in some ways this just shows how inward looking and archaic UK politics has become. This sort of targeted state ownership isn't the super left thing it once was...its a serious policy to solve problems, nurture growth and generate wealth. Its the sort of thing that left and right wing governments are doing all over Europe. It feels like UK politics has been so up its own arse it never really left the 1970s.