No, the right has been complacent and disorganised for decades. Now it is getting organised and it is winning.
Leftists, and their circular arguments, have been cosseted by institutional power for decades, which is why they now crumble in the face of an organised minority.
The better strategy would have been the Lynchian one:
“Don’t fight the darkness. Don’t even worry about the darkness. Turn on the light and the darkness goes. Turn up that light of pure consciousness: Negativity goes.”
I understand that if you try to make one group of people feel guilty about the supposed plight of another group, you inevitably alienate the people you say you want to persuade
Of course it was never about persuasion, it was a humiliation ritual
Because a) the money won’t go towards public services, it will go towards ballooning benefits, debt and energy subsidies, b) pouring more money into the NHS has not made any difference so far, no reason to assume next time will be any different.
Excellent. Broad based tax rises mean that those demanding higher taxes to pay for a ballooning welfare state and public sector pay deals can put their money where their mouths are.
It is true that unemployment is rising and that a big part of the problem is that businesses cannot afford to employ people due to increases in the minimum wage and NIC (especially on top of all the other cost increases they face).
