Chris Mullin: The Starmer Government – An Interim Report
British politics has never been more volatile. Governments are faced with a series of incompatible demands. An electorate which demands less tax and more public spending. A migration crisis to which there are no easy solutions. Struggling public services and spiralling public debt. And every day the flames are fanned by an unscrupulous tabloid media and a new breed of populist politicians who have no answers.
Is there a way out? Former Labour minister and celebrated diarist Chris Mullin gives his take on the crisis engulfing British politics and looks at the way forward.
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