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Yeah this is the big risk I think, the pressure from the right doesn't go away after the election. Without continually making the case for progressive policies to change the conversation, we'll be locked in to this dynamic. Labour keeping their cards close to their chest before the election is a very short-term fix to electoral problems, not long-term societal ones.
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Interestingly on media narratives around left policies - I saw some research presented at a conference that the highest level of anti social security/benefits articles in the media was around 2005/6. It's at it's lowest point currently.
So even though New Labour went into power with strong media support, the majority of the press are always going to pivot back to undermining centre-left policies/supporting Conservative ones.