Boris Johnson easily spent the best time of that encounter.Back to the crowd House of Commons Help (the backbenchers of the Conservative Party cheered a lot, which always helped to inspire a minister in the dispatch box), but mainly because Johnson encountered a tax increase that still undermined his £12 billion declaration People who are shocked by the effect have already landed. Sir Kil Starmer was better than when he was in the Chamber yesterday, but the Labour Party’s response was still lacking focus and persuasiveness.
Starmer first raised a question that disturbed Sajid Javid on “Today” this morning: The plan announced yesterday failed to ensure that no one had to sell their home to pay for social care. . (Look 10.22 am. ) This is a key topic, because until yesterday, the only concrete thing Johnson would say about his thoughts on social care was that he wanted to prevent people from having to sell family homes. As Stammer pointed out, the new plan would not be realized. For those who don’t have an extra £86,000 in cash, except for family homes. However, so far, this flaw in the plan does not seem to have aroused widespread media resonance. Part of the reason is that there are mechanisms to ensure that even if people have to sell their family homes to pay for care, they do not necessarily have to move out while they are alive. Part of the reason may be because people may (again) assume that Johnson’s promise is unrealistic in the first place.
Yesterday Starmer criticized the Conservative Party for no longer being a low-tax party. Given that the Labour Party itself is not a low-tax party, this is problematic, and today he pays more attention to another dividing line: he criticized Johnson for using his tax plan to punish working people, saying that the Labour Party will have the “broadest shoulders” for those who have the “broadest shoulders”. People taxed instead.In view of the Resolution Foundation, a think tank that is not hostile to the Labor Party, said National insurance increase is “gradual”This argument is problematic, but it exposes a more fundamental weakness in Starmer’s position. He concluded his conversation by saying that he faces “the same conservative party”, but Johnson’s brand of conservatism is clearly different from the austerity model 10 years ago. This is reminiscent of John Major’s doomed attempt to portray Tony Blair as an old-style socialist. In politics, as in all other forms of conflict, to defeat the enemy, you first need to understand them.
Providing clearer alternatives will also help. Starmer may not need a policy blueprint that fully calculates costs, but if he is to convince voters that the Labor Party is more credible on this issue, he needs more than a vague intention to provide higher taxes to the rich. Fund social care. Unlike the opposition, Johnson’s statement that there is at least one policy clearly resonates. He seems to have defeated the Labor Party in terms of health at the moment-a remarkable achievement for the Conservative Prime Minister.
Judging from the cheers, Conservative MPs are more satisfied with the performance of their leaders than the Labour Party.This is not always a good guide for who does the best, but PMQ The influence on the leader’s reputation within the parliamentary party is almost as important as their public reputation, and this afternoon, the Conservative Party seems to be in a happier position.
