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george hancock's avatar

Peters ideas make me think of a scenario where an aeroplane flying into the ground on auto pilot has a pilot discuss alternatives - on condition the auto pilot isn’t switched off.

Parliament has transferred its authority elsewhere. The first action must be to take control.

Of course parties must have plans, merely releasing the auto pilot is not enough.

But unless you take control, you crash.

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Marc Czerwinski's avatar

Am I one of the few who sees Blair as way more influential than Thatcher?

His weaving of the ECHR into British law via the HRA, his entrenching of the Gender Recognition Act and Equalities Act presaged the diversity and trans ideology mantras of modern civic institutions, the Supreme Court was never an upgrade over the Law Lords, and the mass legalese that he brought in means that today, Starmer and Hermer effectively propose that Parliament and all policy making is subservient to the rule of law/the international rules based order.

Throw in the absolute reversion to hollowing out of free speech detailed by Dr. Kath Stock in The Telegraph last week, and I see zero prospect for even a heaving Reform supermajority (35%+ of a 75% turnout in 2029) either achieving good outcomes, knowing how to get a good outcome, more like re-enacting Truss/Kwarteng 2.0 and an emergency GE late 2029/2030.

Blair absolutely changed this country in way deeper and irreversible ways than Thatcher ever did.

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