ks.234
Half way to Infinity
I have to disagree.Trick is to keep that section from growing, and even try to prune it a bit. Won't happen unless Labour try to change the conversation. I realise this is largely out of their hands but still, common sense is actually quite popular. Burnham's actually not a bad communicator and even has something of the man-of-the-people about him: if he can't find a way to say, "Look, this has been blown out of proportion: students are going to student, let's look at the things that actually matter, like the problems faced by people working in health and social care, identified in yesterday's select committee", then what hope is there. The kind of people for whom bashing students is the number one priority, and who can’t even accept that Labour has other priorities, are not going to be won over, IMO.
Of course Labour have good reasons for not wanting to change the conversation, so this isn’t really a slight on their strategy. It’s just that it means you won’t get mainstream political opposition to what is basically the whole of the government’s program.
What’s going wrong for people who work in health care is only part of a wider problem.*
On the one hand we have a right wing narrative that is based on tying up a broad set of exclusions to notions of our national identity. It is a narrative that does not include the fact that slavery is an important foundation of what we are. It is a narrative that cannot withstand anything but applause for ideas of a national identity based on a salute to ‘greatness’.
On the other hand we have a left wing that’s been stuck dumb by self inflicted wounds
(*That is not to diminish the plight of care works, I get brief but regular updates on what it’s like in Care** from someone with a day job in Care and on the occasions that she has a moment
**Didn’t St Boris say he had a Care policy ready to go some years back? Guess it went the way of other oven ready deals he had cooking. Still Frozen.
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