Am I alone in being reminded of 1984 and Band Aid – the opening with Status Quo “here we go…….”.
Labour have indeed hit the ground running – pledges for the NHS, doing away with planning regs for onshore wind farms, meetings with NATO with a positive bent. Green Belt (Grey belt) to be revised. BUT there are warning signs – Thames Water treatment plants are in danger of. failing for 3 million people, thsi and other seeletons are being revealed as the true enormity of the last governments incompetence are uncovered and reported by civil servants. But Ferrari on LBC is upset that there is no longer a Veterans Minister – Mercer was so useless that the job has not existed for years! He was also getting his knickers in a twist over Starmer meeting mayors (A Tory invention) with a view to reducing centralisation on Westminster and promoting levelling up! I only listened for abot 90 seconds and then had to turn off and listen to Morcheeba!
James O’Brien will have his work cut out – phone-in’s work on the premise of people complaining? Are there enough Tories out there who want to complain about things getting better! I am sure that Labour will have some major cock-ups on the way – but I hope and believe that they will be honest ones. The task is immense but already the atmosphere has improved – the stench of corruption has been dispersed and vanquished to seaside resorts like Clacton, Skegness and Jaywick.