Just under a week ago, I published a blogpost that shared the insights of an Open Britain newsletter that struck me as having insights that needed sharing.
Here is a link: https://robdonovan.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-state-of-nation-report-by-open.html
Yesterday, this week's newsletter from Open Britain had a similar feeling of importance. Phrases such as 'We're drifting into a new British dark age - and it feels like there's little individuals can do about it' and 'thirteen years of the Conservative's near-total failure to govern' seem to me spot-on.
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Most of the newsletter is taken up with an assessment of what the Labour Party under Starmer are offering - a pros and cons examination. It seems to me this study by Open Britain is helpful in highlighting a few promising ideas that Labour offered in May this year - although there is absolutely no guarantee that any will be acted on if and when Starmer is the prime-minister. It also nails the