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ChasnotRobert
Sadly the next election is going to be fought on a culture war basis.
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IMO there is a fag paper between Starmer and Sunak on actual policy (i.e. the economy). There is so little wiggle room for fiscal expansion that any tax cuts or spending are highly unlikely in the next parliament. Reeves dumping the green energy plan which had been trailed as the cornerstone of Labour industrial policy suggests that all we will see is the tinkering around the edges which appeal to focus groups. VAT on private schools is the new ban on foxhunting, serving little purpose other than to reassure the base. Both parties are bereft of any real ideas or policy to tackle structural problems in the UK. All that is left is playschool populism on ULEZ, trans rights and immigrants. This suits Labour just as much as the Tories.