The UK politics seems like a separate level of dysfunction. It seems like all the worst decisions being made together. For some reason people voted for Brexit. The PM who was the chief Brexit Campaigner (Boris Johnson) had to resign because of entirely avoidable mistakes. The next PM had to resign too soon due to trying to bring policies which were not well thought out. The current PM had to be annointed since it didn't seem like the Party membership would vote for him.
It doesn't seem like Labour has a charismatic leader either. I could never even find a concrete stance by Corbyn on what he was running on wrt Brexit.
HNers from UK, what does the outlook look like policy wise for the UK.
> what does the outlook look like policy wise for the UK
Sunak will gracefully lose the next election, by a lot, but a lot less than Truss or BJ would have lost it by, and having helped to slow the freefall in reputation by the Tories and steadied the economy a bit. Keir Starmer will be a decent and competent but dull leader for two terms, and the who the heck knows. But the next ten years or so should be pretty dull, in a good, centrist sort of way, ideally culminating in rejoining the EU.
"what does the outlook look like policy wise for the UK"
I'm hoping for boringly competent management of the economy plus a gradual drift back towards relatively friction free trade (both goods and services) with our largest neighbour.
Wage growth would be good and some action on housing so wage gains don't just turn into house price rises.
You’re spot on calling uk politics a separate level of dysfunctional. It feels like we’re stuck with a shower of gobshites for a while! Exporting immigrants to Africa is a particularly shambolic/shameful recent effort. And don’t mention ‘the Brexit’ - I’m not saying it’s the only reason but it’s certainly a huge pain point on many fronts.
I think UK politics is at a rock bottom at present but hopefully it’ll spur enough of us on to hold our representatives to a a higher standard…
It doesn't seem like Labour has a charismatic leader either. I could never even find a concrete stance by Corbyn on what he was running on wrt Brexit.
HNers from UK, what does the outlook look like policy wise for the UK.