The more intelligent criticism of the New Deal was that it was irrelevant (little money was actually spent on public works) or actively harmful (the NRA's regulation and price fixing), with the exception of breaking the gold standard — which is what actually drove the recovery.

A intelligent criticism of the New Deal is that it was either irrelevant (little money was actually spent on public works) or actively harmful (the NRA's regulation and price fixing), with the exception of breaking the gold standard — which is what actually drove the recovery.

Also, the advantage of strict monoism is that it prevents the cabinet from becoming just an arm of the prime minister.

Weak committees are a good thing. Interrgums can reduced by hacing parliament sit more often. Monoism is less of an issue in Britain because you can just appoint people to the Lord's. Private Members' Bills are usually terrible.

Westminister System is fine, it's FPTP that causes 80% of the problems.

So much that has gone wrong with Starmer is his refusal to grapple with the details of policy in the hope that he can just have other people come up with solutions for him.

"As long as we rule India, we are the greatest power in the world. If we lose it, we shall drop straight away to a third-rate Power" - Lord Curzon

In a similar vein, the neuroses of New Labour can be explained by watching 4 losses in a row from 1979 to 1992.

Basically every discourse about American politics eventually just turns into "Have we figured out a way to overcome education polarization yet?" and the answer is still no.

Mandelson's predecessor was Karen Pierce, a career diplomat who apparently had established a good rapport with Trump.

The governor of Mississippi is engaging in open prejudice against a minority group. Not even trying to hide it with a dog whistle, just saying it out loud.

The price of beef is massively subsidized, not least by the fact that the cost to graze cattle on public land has not changed since the 1960s.

$1.35 per cow-calf pair per month - 30 to 50 times less than market value.

If you really want to stop corporate welfare, beef prices are gonna go up.

People really do get violently angry if you suggest this, I had people getting furious at me yesterday for suggesting that a transition to single-payer healthcare (although worthwhile!!) would have a lot of unpopular and difficult ramifications.

One of the underrated advantages of doing international joint projects like GCAP is they are harder for the Treasurer to cancel.

This country's inability to do project management is always tied to the Treasury. You could even write a book about Treasury-brained cuts that ended up costing more money in the long run.

What they'll want is to destroy the domestic industrial base and just buy American because that's cheaper. Strategic autonomy of any kind is expensive.

Strongly agree. A huge chunk of the population is just opposed to any kind of building and cannot be reasoned with. They're not good-faith actors, and they will use any tool or pretext available to them to block stuff.

Hence why they're not enthusiastic for egg freezing and IVF.

Economic issues are not the central cleavage in party politics as they are in Western countries, hence the confusion.

FPTP is why we can't have nice things smh

They literally closed 70% police stations in London.

A subsequent study found this was linked to a rise in crime and social disorder.

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I think it's a combination of:

> People hold Biden to a higher standard.
> People got tired of protesting.
> The death toll is lower than the Gaza War.
> Palestine has a talismanic quality that Iran does not.

They were funny when they were just mememing The problems began once they wanted to be taken seriously as deep political thinkers rather than just shock jobs.

So much of modern French politics is a freakout about the country's Muslim population, so it's definitely possible.

They were planning a 55-division army as well.

I mean the British Army's heavy equipment is not exactly much better than during the late 1980s.

I don't get why so many centrist Remainer types pour scorn on the mere idea that "growth" should be a priority.

Like, what is their solution to the problem of the British economy? Right now the answer seems to be just to accept being poor.

Works in Progress is a great publication

Britain was the only country in Europe with something approaching mass car ownership at the time, and even then, only for the middle classes.

The main problem Britain faces is economic stagnation, yet few in politics seem to recognise it.