A write-up of the key findings and points made in this thread on my Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/drmatthe...
The way I see it, the argument that the public’s irrational impatience makes it ungovernable can’t be defended rigorously because it simply hasn’t been put to the test.
Even if the electorate is short-termist, it's hard to argue irrational public impatience is to blame for the prime minister's woes
Is impatience killing the government? Some data and some thoughts.
@karlpike.bsky.social @philipjcowley.bsky.social and I found a year ago that people expected noticeable improvements in the NHS, schools, housing well within Labour's first parliament.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Matthew Barnfield
British voters have high expectations of politicians, who are afforded virtually no time to fix problems that have been decades in the making.
📝 New piece on the perils of chronic impatience 👇🏻
