Sleaze, waiting lists and an unpopular prime minister give politics a retro feel
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitask. Westminster has fallen into a time-warp and found itself back in that decade. That would be no bad thing if it were the second half of the 1990s, a time of Euro 96, Cool Britannia and sustained economic growth. Unfortunately, British politics has returned to a grimmer period, and specifically to 1994. As then, various scandals grab the headlines.
An unpopular prime minister again sits in Downing Street. Boris Johnson’s net approval rating bottomed out in January at -46, the lowest such level since Sir John Major, the prime minister in 1994. Conservatives would probably remove the prime minister if they had the chance, but the lack of alternatives provides a reason not to move against him. Liz Truss, the foreign secretary, is painted as fundamentally unserious. Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, is seen as a political ingénu.
Two things mean that the return to the mid-1990s need not end as painfully for the Conservatives. The first is the calibre of the opposition. Labour has learned to love the 1990s: the 25th anniversary of its landslide victory in 1997 has just produced a bout of political onanism. But Labour seems determined to love the wrong things about it. New Labour was radical, embedding Thatcherism in Britain’s economy and redistributing the gains .
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Kate’s old school ‘fails to carry out safeguarding checks on new teachers’Marlborough College: A watchdog has found that The Duchess of Cambridge's old school does not carry out necessary safeguarding checks on teachers
Read more »
Britain has become unexpectedly EuropeanBucket hats are back. So, too, are the grim politics of early-1990s Britain
Read more »
Sandi Toksvig sets record straight on why she quit Bake Off 'Need to move along'SANDI TOKSVIG opened up on the reason she left The Great British Bake Off as she admitted it was time to 'move along'.
Read more »
Kate And Lila Moss Had A Mother-Daughter Moment On The Met Gala Red CarpetLila, who made her debut on the cover of British Vogue for May, is attending for the first time.
Read more »