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The public realm is struggling badly

New Labour reforms to public services were a disaster

They would have to be willing to take water back into public ownership without paying the market price for shares

No government unprepared to think like that is going to do what the public wants

Implementing such a vision requires a reform to the electoral system and a willingness to build a stable progressive coalition

People also want a drastic reduction in immigration

Shallow understanding of the situation leads to weak and ineffectual solutions

People want less privatization more public ownership more economic equality less power for corporations more for local government and working people

People want a change to the electoral system and democratic institutions that work

The long-term consequences of deindustrialisation in Scotland Wales northern England and the Midlands have never been addressed by any government

Improvements to workers’ and tenants’ rights piecemeal renationalisation of rail services and increased NHS spending amount to a more social democratic governing program

People want outcomes delivered by more social democracy a functioning political democracy and a reversal of the Thatcherite program

Much of the British public wants policies that would be a decisive turn away from the path since the late 1970s

Polls show a confused electorate with various desires and concerns

No coherent government program could be drawn up from trying to appease all of these sentiments

Few mainstream political commentators anticipated this situation before the 2024 election

Governments do not achieve unprecedented levels of unpopularity without a fundamental mismatch between their governing program and the will of the people

People want a fundamental change of direction in the way society is managed and governed

Most journalists attribute Keir Starmer's unpopularity to casual incompetence

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