This collective mis-reading of the recent past has left Labour psychologically ill-equipped to tackle so many of our current problems, most of which are the unintended consequence, or overshoots, of centre-left priorities established in the New Labour era: unsustainable welfare/disability spending, erosion of work ethic, over-regulation of business... See more

The reality of British politics is that there is a high degree of consensus across the two main parties on everything from the need to control immigration more effectively, to slashing regulation in order to build more houses and boost economic growth, to reining in welfare spending and promoting more public and private investment. Yet... See more

Considering the two economic crises of recent times, the financial crash and the pandemic, what one might call the “right wing” one caused by complacent and greedy bankers (albeit abetted by governments) has been far less costly than the “left wing” one caused by the need to protect people from harm and pay people not to work. The first crisis is... See more