PMQs Comments and Insights 9th July
Tiny Tears Rachel Reeves?!
Last week, Rachel Reeves demonstrated that she is human, and despite her public vulnerability affecting the pound and gilts, leading to a quick fallout, one couldn’t help but admire her. However, the next day, the same old condescending Rachel returned—this time, extra smiley, alongside Sir Keir and Wes, making their usual cheery announcements about working people and black holes, yet failing to take any meaningful action to address the issues at hand.
It’s all so confusing to witness the Labour PR machine in full swing, with cabinet ministers jumping at the command of their marketing masters. Propaganda never seems to rest.
Meanwhile, smiley Sir Keir isn't particularly popular with the electorate, nor is his party. To be fair, no one seems to like him. The right don’t like him because he’s Labour and implementing Labour policies; the left don’t like him because he isn’t left-wing enough; the voters who were convinced to back Labour last election don’t like him because he hasn’t delivered on their expectations, and the rest don’t like him because, frankly, people have grown tired of politicians.
Labour is now seen as just as chaotic in government as the Conservative government it replaced—some even argue they’re worse. Why wouldn’t they? Meanwhile, starting new parties has become fashionable, from Jeremy Corbyn to Elon Musk across the pond. All for the better, as long as it’s about us, not them.
Angela Rayner wants to introduce Diversity Officers into the workplace, including in private businesses. How very Soviet of her. Will these officers actually be working people, or will working people end up paying for yet another layer of bureaucracy? At least no one will be able to complain about them—at work or in the pub.
President Macron visited Sir Keir Starmer yesterday, and while there were the usual greetings, the reality is that both the British and French electorates seem to want them out. Their attempts to tinker with numbers and introduce sleight-of-hand policies in the name of homeland security aren't fooling anyone.
When marketing is aimed at the client, not the customer, it’s no longer marketing; when policy is driven purely by ideology, not public need, it’s not politics—or if it is, it’s not fair.