‘We all need issues fastened however Keir Starmer is true, it might’t be achieved in a single day’
Healing to take time
It is in no doubt that Keir Starmer has his work cut out rebuilding Britain after 14 miserable years of Conservative rule. But reviving the UK won’t be easy when the woeful Tories left living standards squeezed, an NHS on its knees with near-record waiting lists, the justice system broken and the public purse emptied with debt much, much higher than under the last Labour Government.
The Prime Minister has made a decent start but he won’t, as he acknowledges, be able to “root out 14 years of rot” overnight. So it’s important that he explains exactly where we are and where we are going. We all want to see fast results, even if the best will take longer to deliver. Avoiding unnecessary own goals, such as the controversy over axing the Winter Fuel Allowance, would help sustain support for the PM’s desirable mission.
Corner cutting
Non-compliant cladding has been linked to a blaze at a tower block, seven years after the tragic Grenfell inferno. With the final Grenfell report imminent, yesterday’s fire in Dagenham, East London, raises serious questions about unacceptable delays in removing flammable material. Deregulation of the construction industry and corner-cutting, much of it permitted by Conservative administrations, has played roulette with residents’ safety and security.
Who picks up the tab and when the money will be made available for work to commence to right old wrongs are running sores. This needs sorting once and for all. Now.
Smiling Sven
Sven Goran-Eriksson was a Swede who won English hearts as manager of the national football team, as well as Leicester and Manchester City. Entering the final phase of a life cut short by cancer at the age of 76, Sven’s poignant advice – “Don’t be sorry, smile” – displayed the inspiring outlook of a man who stayed positive until the final whistle.
