Judging by this Guardian article (see link below) we are supposed to think that if it wasn’t for Brexit the government wouldn’t be “letting people down” on (and it provides a list) the NHS and social care, rising knife crime, failing public transport, chronic homelessness and the environment.
Oh come on. What we surely know is that the government will be “letting us down” (if we were ever “up”) on all these issues Brexit or no Brexit, “people’s vote” or no “people’s vote”, leave or remain. They don’t want to reform their policies. They believe in them. When their cynicism and inhumanity in any of these areas is ever exposed they may talk reform – but then reinforce and extend the policy (witness Windrush).
The Guardian has its “shocked” hat on here. But why is it shocked? Except in the sense of “appalled” – at the typical and expected policy choices of a Tory government. We need, at the very least, a general election.
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