If Keir Starmer is Prime Minister later this year, what can we expect from Labour to make this country better?

[Brian Marwood]

How will they turn the economy around, for example?

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Policies aren't published yet.

 

[Norfolkred1]

Print more money

 

[h_m_boro]

They won't make it worse, that's about all we can hope for short term.

If they divert money into the NHS, education, Local Government, public services.....instead of their and their donors offshore accounts.....that would be a good start

 

[WindyNook]

Not give hundreds of millions of pounds to his mates

 

[Osboro]

Don't expect anything spectacular other than the finding of dodgy dealings by the tories.
Far too much damage limitation to be done before any real changes might appear.
You might see a significant reduction in venal nastiness.

 

[MolteniArcore]

How will they turn the economy around, for example?

Taking a non bigoted view on relations with the EU

 

[Richyboro]

Tax the people/companies who can afford it? Not just those who can't afford to avoid it.

 

[Merlin]

A complimentary years subscription to Razzle magazine and free Mars bars for anyone named Barry

 

[Nero]

The Labour Party are not the bloody awful Tory *****. That is a massive start.

 

[Chutney]

The denormalisation of acting like a massive çúnt in public.

 

[Blindschool]

I think our economic hole is too deep to give Labour much scope, but they can introduce competence, integrity, serious policies to improve the country rather than further their ideological goals.

 

[SuperStu]

Honestly probably nothing immediately from the actual Starmer government. But if the stuff on the polls thread comes true and the tories get reduced to a number of seats that irreparably damages them then hopefully we'll eventually benefit from that.

We desperately need either the Labour party to move back to democratic socialism or a new (or newly relevant) party to challenge them from their left though. My worry is that without that the gap is filled with an even more right wing tory party to come back into.

 

[outoftown]

No EDL dog whistling.
Probably less criminal activity from no 10 / 11.
An attempt to not be cruel to vast swathes of the vulnerable in society.
A less hostile relationship with the EU.

And if they get a 2nd go at it..
Some real discussions about PR / social housing / sorting brexit..

 

[atypical_boro]

Surely they can do something about the trains?

 

[SuperStu]

Print more money

I don't think that's especially likely. At least not more than a tory government would do the same anyway. Reeves has been pretty clear she won't borrow to invest. Personally I wish this one was true!

They won't make it worse

Depends on your perspective! All the stuff Wes Streeting says he'll do with the NHS sounds worse to me!

Not give hundreds of millions of pounds to his mates

Probably not as brazenly as the tories. But worth remembering the party under Starmer have very deliberately solicited donations from companies and wealthy individuals. It'd be naive to think their donors are all just altruistic.

You might see a significant reduction in venal nastiness.

The denormalisation of acting like a massive çúnt in public.

Not sure about these. It's not like the party under Starmer have done anything about Rosie Duffield?

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Surely they can do something about the trains?

Deport Tories on them

 

[sweet_left_foot]

Apart from roads, sanitation, law & order.....

 

[Midnight to Six Man]

Tories have f#cked this country completely forever .
Hope he puts massive taxes on energy companies
And brings Amazon and other tax dodgers to book .
Otherwise he's got very little room for manoeuvre.

 

[BlindBoyGrunt]

On the evidence that we have, nothing.