Even the mildest of dissent is not tolerated, let alone embraced. Labour needs radicalism
On, the new shadow secretary of state confirmed that her appointment meant no change on the two-child limit, or indeed probably any social security policy.
Read Tony Benn’s diaries or those of Barbara Castle and you get a flavour of detailed debates that went on in government – ministers having wide-ranging debates about the best policies for the country. The Cabinets in which Benn served were in the broad church tradition that included figures on the left like Benn, soft left MPs like Castle, liberal centrists like Roy Jenkins and those on the right of the Labour Party such as Denis Healey and Tony Crosland.
Strong leaders welcome debate – even challenge – yet Starmer’s Labour is a top-down affair. Shadow Cabinet meets only briefly, sources tell me, with Starmer discouraging discussion. Every Labour minister is constrained and on-message, or they’re out.
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