The Labour leader has so far pursued a deliberately ambiguous approach to both party management and policy formation. But it would be more sustainable and electorally appealing to set out a substantive, inclusive and ambitious political... more
The Labour leader has so far pursued a deliberately ambiguous approach to both party management and policy formation. But it would be more sustainable and electorally appealing to set out a substantive, inclusive and ambitious political platform, based
on the democratic economy and Green New Deal – policies around which the party can unite both its own factions and a majority of the country.
Keir Starmer campaigned for the UK Labour Party leadership on a platform that there was no point to Labour unless they could win power. Unity and an end to factionalism was, he said, key to electoral success. But Starmer also commended... more
Keir Starmer campaigned for the UK Labour Party leadership on a platform that there was no point to Labour unless they could win power. Unity and an end to factionalism was, he said, key to electoral success. But Starmer also commended Jeremy Corbyn’s shifting of Labour to an anti-austerity position and said it was not the right time to steer away from the broad policy positions of the previous leader. It’s early days and a lot could change but what this has led to so far is technocratic ambiguity alongside factionalist anti-factionalism. What this means in terms of ideology and policy is unclear, deliberately so. Starmer needs to appeal across the breadth of the UK’s fractionalised diverse social structure, not to mention across his own party, but I think there are substantive and committed clear policy bases on which he can do so.
