Morning all! And what a morning?! I’ve managed 3 whole hours sleep. Cracking that second bottle of red open wasn’t the best idea I’ve ever had. I need caffeine! :)
I see our resident whingers and doom-mongers are expressing their dissatisfaction and disappointment already, with their usual bottomless and utterly joyless well of spirit-crushing pessimism ?
Ian Dunt, as on so many occasions, suns things up for me
“Good morning. The dawn has broken. It’s grey. It’s raining. And it’s a beautiful day.
Turn on the TV and they’ll likely try to talk you down. That’s been the tone all night. They’re doing it as I write this: a manifesto of sullen despair. They say Keir Starmer won’t get a honeymoon. The electorate didn’t vote for Labour, they just voted against the Tories. The vote share is poor. Small parties and independents tore chunks out of the party over Gaza. Farage and his team of populists are now established in the Commons. And even where they’re not, they’re the main challenger against Labour in many seats.
All of this is true. But here’s the thing: Labour is in power. Keir Starmer is prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. And that creates its own dynamics, which will make all the worrisome talk this morning fade into nothing”.