“The language should be that of giving people their chance to succeed and of being on their side – a “people politics” that many practice locally but which must be scaled up.”
There’s a place for having a go at Corbyn – how could we not when so much of what he says is so indefensible? – but it has to be combined with our plan for a better life.
The Prime Minister must explain today how reforming the system will deliver more gains for workers and familes than tearing it up.
Nearly everything believed to exercise Labour more than the Tories was also named more often as a priority for “me and my family” than for Britain as a whole.
They include both the working class vote being up for grabs…and the Party adapting to the changing nature of modern Britain.
Voters aren’t focusing on the constitution, but on the SNP’s record in Government. We must be ready to capitalise on this by telling then the truth.
The Government must do much more to promote universities, apprenticeships and FE colleagues equally to ensure that young people get the skills they need.
It was the former Prime Minister himself who presided over the drawing up of the Article 50 process from which there is no known means of resiling.
Making the scheme more accessible and user-friendly would help, as would supporting unpaid internships, work experience placements and volunteering.
We should seek the closest possible relationship with the EU and an open trade policy. Firms need confidence to invest.
As possibly the only Brexiteer in the Parliamentary Party’s One Nation group, I am also only too aware that this message must be accompanied by a successful EU negotiation.
But that doesn’t mean we should stop calling out Jeremy Corbyn for his terrible polices and illusory promises.
The second article in a five-piece series by the author on how Britain must prepare for March 31 2019 – and has less than 600 days to get it right.
Much of the concern is over-hyped – not least because these specialised, highly skilled people don’t want to leave London in the first place.
Labour’s handouts must be exposed as a self-defeating deception – as must the danger of what happens when “there is no money left”.