With his ‘great reset’, the prime minister must administer an injection of confidence and charisma
3 months, 3 weeks ago

With his ‘great reset’, the prime minister must administer an injection of confidence and charisma

The Independent  

Is “more bobbies on the beat” really what passes for “a big idea” for Sir Keir Starmer’s ambitious “decade of renewal”? An unkind observer might draw an unfavourable comparison with the time when John Major, towards the end of a long spell of Conservative rule, was scrabbling around for initiatives that would have instant voter appeal and came up with the “cones hotline”, a Pooterish policy that rained ridicule on the already beleaguered premier’s head. With yet another “reset” mere months after the general election, friendly, constructive critics of the government can at least draw some comfort from the fact that Sir Keir and his colleagues plainly understand that the government’s key messages aren’t getting through. So now Sir Keir, at Prime Minister’s Questions, deftly avoids repeating what was the central aim of the central mission of his administration – growth.

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