We should probably IMV do something to keep chemical production but agreed our specialism is precision engineering. IMV we should also look to really bolster services by attacking NYC/US as destination of choice given how erratic the courts there are getting

Also it's just a comparative advantage thing. High-end manufacturing – apart from a small set of industries – is not where our comparative advantage lies, so it doesn't make sense to specialise in it.

People in 1970 didn’t forgive Wilson for his decision to devalue the Pound in 1967.

I wonder what makes Blue Labour types think that the 2020s British public would be keen for such policies.

Again, I am just asking what you think the problem with a Reform government actually IS if you don’t want to defend our multi-ethnic democracy just as a matter of principle.

Likely as a result, the Labour right really do seem unable to conceive of the possibility that a decent number of us do actually mean it when we say "no, this stuff, especially from a centre left-party that's not meant to be like this, is a dealbreaker for me", so even the polling is ignored.

Polanski’s line on “bums” was, among other things, a terrible message the two-thirds of people who work in social care who are *from* the UK. But to the people on the sharp end of the ugly turn in British politics since Labour came to office, “crass” is better than “at best equivocal on race hate”.

And I can guarantee you that comparing Zack Polanski to Nigel Farage is a sure fire way to lose the respect of progressive voters. It just makes us look petty and ridiculous, quite frankly.

We don't get to make this point when our party is using its time in govt to tell immigrants 'you might have wait 20 years until you can settle here permanently, and even then we might not let you'.

We don't get to make this point when we're doing nothing in response to rising racism.