Who should be the deputy leader of the Labor Party? Who can tell a good working story – and take the battle for repair Toynbee Polly
YOu may think that the last work needs now is this leadership competition, the sad repercussions of Angela Rainer. But these two fighters, Bridget Philipson and Lucy Powell, may be exactly anxious work needs to rethink. You like it or not, whatever the contestants, this will be framing as a rebellious V Foundation, or as agents of Care Starmer and Andy Bornham. It is for Philpson and Powell to strike and show that they are their people. In fact, Phillipson is not a very institution and is not very rebellious.
Any party will be in a state of fermentation after declining more than any previous government within 14 months of this year, with an increase in inflation in growth. Repeat from a shock 20 % record In opinion polls, while the UK reform in Nigel Varage was riding by 31 %.
It is expected that large numbers of deputies of work on the delicate majority will lose their seats in the upcoming general elections. But besides the narrow self -interest, they can all see the terrifying failure price this time. The possibility of handing over power to the Sultanate of hatred to the demagogical foreigners would make the failure of work not just a blow against social democracy (again), but rather a state of emergency for the country, European defense, commercial alliance, and even its democracy and the rule of law.
What needs to be out of their discussion is what is missing from the government until now, a sense of direction, what they and those who want to go and why. There is no red thread that collects a list of the things they did, not recognized because there is no language and a sense of goal. Railway and steel nationalization, buses return to control of the Council in England, huge investment in green energy, tenants ‘rights, workers’ rights (unknown), and hospitalization Waiting lists None of this is associated with coherent self -definition.
Some things, expensive and good, sliding below the radar: everyone knows the reduction of fuel allowance in the winter, but who knows that 2.7 million people are additional, 6.1 million people, they can get a discount of 150 pounds in this winter? The submerged government is not sure whether it wants to be thrown as left or even left, despite the loss of many voters in front of vegetables and liberal democrats more than Farage.
As the Minister of Education, Philipson can also boast the most already. Its determination was to adhere to the early years as a harsh priority as the most effective opportunity engine: others wanted to spend a large budget on a more clearly clear education of the oldest dust. But the free nurseries that are close to nine months old started this month, in addition to reviving a certain beginning, which is now the best start, with 300 nurseries Inside primary schools and more in the future, planting education-not just caring for children-as a goal of spending early years. Free breakfast meals for all primary school students in England, free school lunch meals have been extended to a lot, and begin to prevent hungry children. Despite Hullabaloo, the removal of VAT from private schools is very popular and money goes to Public school teachers In England, the renewal of additional education and now a big batch of industrial discipleship, at the end.
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But very little of any of this has fallen with the audience due to bad mistakes on the benefits, and the error that emerged from the uncertainty about their message, and does not care about tasks that cannot resonate. This competition is likely to raise difficult issues. The failure to treat the poverty of the child was faced with the emptiness of the emptiness of the population. Party 2024 A statement said“The work will develop an ambitious strategy to reduce children’s poverty.” I expect Powell and Phillipson to cancel the maximum of 1.6 million children. If so, Rachel Reeves will have to do so in her budget.
Powell you will attract many discontent now, and it has become an uncomfortable external. Wisely, it is unlikely to move away from the current policies that voted in its favor: that the bricks in the government are not a winner of the Labor Party members, only with those who have left long ago. I tried attempts to attract her on a wealth tax by Nick Robinson on political thinking, a reasonable answer that she was not about to write the budget. But both will reject the current Starmerite idea that “delivery” will overcome the current calamities: he did nothing to save Joe Biden, who delivered a lot. The person who tells the missing story of the Labor Party – and why – in a singing and convincing language worth winning.
But their greatest duty, above all, is to take the battle to Farage and show the Labor Party how to retreat strongly, and they do not take any prisoners. Don’t be afraid to summon racism: the shy and late response to the terrifying march of 100,000 people in Tommy Robinson is actually Claxon. There is no need to worry that some of those who are lured in this poison do not see themselves as the far right or racist – history shows us that “ordinary people”, even “normal majority”, can be attracted to the policy of hatred by exploiting the malicious Dimagogi as an alternative to all the ruling. Both candidates need to show the best ways to challenge this deadly poison, which is more urgent than any simple difference between them.