Keir Starmer will wear the Westminster crown. Image: Damian Shields AS the Tory government grows nastier and more punitive by the day, they become more divided, desperate and prepared to do anything to maintain power. The scale of their unpopularity means that it is increasingly likely that next year will see the election of a Labour government led by Keir Starmer. Labour have a consistent 15-20% lead in the polls, sustaining the pole position for more than two years since the first allegations about Boris Johnson and “partygate” emerged in late 2021. Through all the change and churn of the past two years – the end of Johnson, Liz Truss and Trussonomics, the ill-fated fag end premiership of Rishi Sunak – the Tory vote has broadly flatlined and as the election gets closer shows no sign yet of recovery. READ MORE: Stuart Nicolson: Germany sets example while London drains resources The prospect of Labour and Starmer taking office is not only probable but may well happen in inauspicious circumstances. The state of the UK economy and society has been fractured by failures of thirteen years of Tory governments – and longer-term failures of British capitalism such as the dominance of the City of London and finance capitalism. The National: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to the InchDairnie Distillery in Glenrothes The UK economy is now locked into a low wage, growth, investment and productivity death loop which is fuelling decline and stagnation. UK incomes are £10,700 per year less than if growth had continued at levels of the previous Labour government. Inequality is now greater than any other developed country – the USA notwithstanding – and generational and regional divisions are increasingly seismic. Despite Tory failure and the abject crisis of the British economic model, what […]
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