This is exactly the problem, they have so many half-baked policies which they seem to announce first and try and sort out the detail after, which wastes valuable time and shines a spotlight on their own shortcomings when it comes to policy development
Looking at pictures of East London at the turn of the 20th Century, with a tear in his eye, as there isn't a single lanyard in sight
Streeting was actively touting the financial savings that could be made from improving active travel less than a year ago, it was a major part of his wider prevention agenda which was supposedly a core pillar of his 10 year plan...
Does this mean things like the student room will be banned, as that's an online forum that enables user-to-user social interaction
Sums up the problem with this government, in that they claim to want a stronger defence sector, and an industrial sector to support it, and they want better public services, a lot more housebuilding, and low inflation and interest rates, and also low tax on private consumption...impossible ambitions
Just looks like the panicked about the optics given the GB News story and are now coming up with an arbitrary definition of what constitutes social media
Do find it quite funny to resign citing inadequate departmental investment as the big reason, then spending the next week making comments that would suggest maybe that department should not be getting extra spending at present
All while pushing through policies to significantly restrict immigration into our ageing population
I think Labour should go back further and once again proudly represent the nations chimney sweeps and lamplighters and ice cutters, proper jobs for proper working people
A lot of responses rightly focuses on his support of austerity and tax cuts
But his solution to reform welfare is also something his gov did, they did erode the real value of benefits and it has played a key role in the health crisis hurting the workforce today
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
