The British left are somewhat more open to the idea, but the Conservative Party’s members and voters would not wear the proposal
Our Executive Editor notes that while Opposition MPs continue to criticise the failings of their Party, they still haven’t actually done anything about it.
The Government is in crisis. MPs need to ponder deeply should be done for the best. That means not quitting Westminster this week.
Every Opposition needs a way of maintaining flexibility as it manoeuvres to bring down the Government – and this is Team Corbyn’s.
And, late in the day, the Prime Minister bows to our advice, and rushes on to Marr, today, to make the case for her new proposals.
“As for Chequers, I’m afraid it’s got ‘fudge’ written all over it.” The Prime Minister has gone to “extraordinary lengths” to avoid a union.
Any Cabinet member who throws their toys out of the pram at Chequers will receive a cold shoulder in the tearoom.
The explanation may have less to do with confidence in the Conservatives than with a lack of confidence in Labour.
What changed? When did we lose the global vocation that infused the Cabinet, Leavers and Remainers alike, two years ago?
Onward proposes helping half a million young people by lending them a deposit in the same way that government underwrites some of their mortgage costs.
This week was meant to be all about Tory rebellions and blue-on-blue conflict. Instead, the Opposition’s civil war has intensified.
The issue lies in the Party’s image and how it communicates with voters, not the actual message.
The good news is that there is an enormous opportunity for the Party – because it is much worse at converting people considering voting Blue into actual voters.