The New Statesman
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Keir Starmer is waging a battle for the authority of the battered British state.
Despite the impressive parliamentary majority, the odds are not brilliant.
After Tory austerity, after Covid , the social rot’ he identified in his recent Downing Street rose garden speech is pungent and still spreading.
Demography and Brexit are against him, but there are reasons for optimism.
The “black hole” is real, but it’s on the streets, not in the financial markets.
People understand why some taxes must go up, and they would back an emphasis on inheritance and capital gains.
But the current political attack over Labour 's tax lies’ is dangerous.
After the Tory years, voters assume politicians lie and, with shrill and shameless self-righteousness, Tory England is already playing the old tunes.
A new sleaze’ row may not be far away, and it’s not surprising that the new government is already unpopular.
According to a recent YouGov survey, the proportion of voters who have a negative view of the government has risen in just a month by 20 points to 51 per cent , a narrow majority.
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