I have a piece over on Byline Times today which may be of interest.
It argues:
In his conference speech last year, and repeatedly over the last few months, the Labour leader has argued that the country’s finances means Labour is “not being able to do things – good Labour things – as quickly as we might like”. However, such self-restraint could very quickly become self-defeating. A Labour Government will initially benefit from people’s relief in getting rid of the Conservatives. But that mood cannot last forever, and the contradictions caused by the pent-up demand for change have the potential to catch up with Labour rapidly.
Britain’s bottle-neck of problems demands the construction of a new consensus. What Britain needs is a government that will both take longer-term decisions for the economy and climate and at the same time fund public services and address the now deeply-embedded difficulties of living standards, incomes and spending power.
Any successful left or centre-left government either has to confront the generation-defining choices that are now posed, or find that the dynamics may well shift the ground under its feet.
This thoughtful piece by Keir Starmer's former advisor @fletchersimon is really worth your time, on whether the Labour leader is missing his 1945 moment to rebuild Britain.
Read the whole thing here.