Reading this article this morning, I was struck by a few quotes: [Link]

“The scale of the underlying domestic policy challenges which drove the Brexit vote – debt, deficit, housing, low growth and low disposable incomes – means that Brexit has to be recast as a catalyst for much bolder domestic policy renewal"

“Economic power has been concentrated in the hands of a few … crony capitalists have rigged the system in their favour … debt has fuelled growth in an unsustainable fashion… Our politics, culture and regulatory models have worked against innovation ... Many of our fellow citizens have seen less and less value placed on their work and themselves … communities and individuals have seen so much of what they value which is beyond economics … overlooked or ignored.”

These comments were not made by John McDonnell and Corbyn however. They were made by two prominent tories, George Freeman and Michael Gove, people thought to be key players in the future of the Conservative party.

This week, we have had a radical policy change from the government on the NHS, with tax rises expected to fund a new 200 billion pound increase in funding. Housing has also been targeted as an area requiring more government involvement, and Windrush has brought to light the racist policies of successive governments in the past few decades, something the government has been forced to acknowledge.

When Thatcher was once asked what her greatest achievement was, she said 'Tony Blair'. Is it possible that, given the recent tide turning, Jeremy Corbyn's political legacy will be dictating politics from the opposition benches?

Reading this article this morning, I was struck by a few quotes: [Link]

“The scale of the underlying domestic policy challenges which drove the Brexit vote – debt, deficit, housing, low growth and low disposable incomes – means that Brexit has to be recast as a catalyst for much bolder domestic policy renewal"

“Economic power has been concentrated in the hands of a few … crony capitalists have rigged the system in their favour … debt has fuelled growth in an unsustainable fashion… Our politics, culture and regulatory models have worked against innovation ... Many of our fellow citizens have seen less and less value placed on their work and themselves … communities and individuals have seen so much of what they value which is beyond economics … overlooked or ignored.”

These comments were not made by John McDonnell and Corbyn however. They were made by two prominent tories, George Freeman and Michael Gove, people thought to be key players in the future of the Conservative party.

This week, we have had a radical policy change from the government on the NHS, with tax rises expected to fund a new 200 billion pound increase in funding. Housing has also been targeted as an area requiring more government involvement, and Windrush has brought to light the racist policies of successive governments in the past few decades, something the government has been forced to acknowledge.

When Thatcher was once asked what her greatest achievement was, she said 'Tony Blair'. Is it possible that, given the recent tide turning, Jeremy Corbyn's political legacy will be dictating politics from the opposition benches?

I'm not saying that the Tories have u turned completely. What I would say is, rhetorically at least, they have broken from their faith in neoliberalism and in their absence of any coherent alternative strategy, they are clawing more and more from the Labour manifesto.

Whether that means we'll see May in a black beret holding the red flag any time soon is doubtful. But for a party who laughed at the idea that anything Corbyn said could be legitimate, it is at least cathartic.

No. Jeremy Corbyn’s legacy will be making Labour unelectable for a generation, following the insurgent rise of the ‘£3 Trot’ in the Party, forcing moderates out of what was once a broad church and appears now to be a cesspit of polarised hatred and anti semitism.

What Gove is saying is that the Credit Crunch highlighted flaws in the system which are still be understood and addressed.

If Corbyn was such a visionary or political genius, given the state of and the talent vacuum in the Conservative Party at present, he would be 20+ points ahead in the polls. However, people still will vote for the Tories because they have more credible credentials and leadership.

Edited by matt_himself (23 Jun 2018 12.26pm)

Serial, why don't you actually go and live in a socialist country?

I hear house prices are quite cheap in Cuba and Venezuela.