I think the root of this, and almost all other problems the government has, is that they don't believe that the public can be persuaded. A tax rise to pay for national security in a changing world should be an easy argument to make but the PM seems uninterested in even trying
Lee Savage
Something bleak about watching this govt just lamely fizzle out. Unable to take decisions; waiting for Burnham but not convinced he’s got it; PM not even really using the ‘sod it, what have I got to lose’ freedom you get in the last stretch www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
He served through the eras of Blair, Brown, Miliband and Corbyn in a party that knows and respects him. It will matter that even his patience has run out, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
