Politics0 min ago
Have We Got A Dysfunctional Government?
- Today the Government postponed a debate on Brexit until November for fear of losing the vote.
- Also today, the Government enmasse abstained in a vote on Universal Credit for fear of an embarrasing defeat by its own MPs.
- The Government are heading for a 'No Deal' on its negotiation on leaving the EU.
- The Governing Party are deeply divided, with Ministers publicly fighting with colleagues on a daily basis.
- The Prime Minister seemingly has no authority, regulatly being undermined by her own Foreign Secretary.
How have we got into such a mess to have this useless bunch of failures governing us ?
- Also today, the Government enmasse abstained in a vote on Universal Credit for fear of an embarrasing defeat by its own MPs.
- The Government are heading for a 'No Deal' on its negotiation on leaving the EU.
- The Governing Party are deeply divided, with Ministers publicly fighting with colleagues on a daily basis.
- The Prime Minister seemingly has no authority, regulatly being undermined by her own Foreign Secretary.
How have we got into such a mess to have this useless bunch of failures governing us ?
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It's largely a reflection of how polarised the electorate is. The Tories have been persistently incapable of gaining a convincing majority for precisely that reason - and the divisions extend just as much to the people they rely on to govern. A thin majority and a divided cabinet means if the Tories actually commit to anything substantial, the party will tear itself apart.
Perhaps a more interesting question is: Would Labour suffer under the same divisions if they gained office? Possibly, possibly not.
On the one hand, the party relies on a coalition between young liberals in big cities and the south, and conventional working class voters in the north. Those groups do fundamentally disagree on things like Brexit, and Labour could succumb to similar tensions if it had a weak position in Parliament.
On the other hand, Labour has already fought its "civil war" over leadership between last spring and this year's election - and they had a clear victor. Nobody could at this point seriously challenge Corbyn's leadership, and that grants him greater authority within his party than May has in hers.
Perhaps a more interesting question is: Would Labour suffer under the same divisions if they gained office? Possibly, possibly not.
On the one hand, the party relies on a coalition between young liberals in big cities and the south, and conventional working class voters in the north. Those groups do fundamentally disagree on things like Brexit, and Labour could succumb to similar tensions if it had a weak position in Parliament.
On the other hand, Labour has already fought its "civil war" over leadership between last spring and this year's election - and they had a clear victor. Nobody could at this point seriously challenge Corbyn's leadership, and that grants him greater authority within his party than May has in hers.
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