Starmer Actually Has the Right Idea About Britain: Mihir Sharma

Britain’s ruling Labour Party, in its infinite wisdom, may choose to remove Keir Starmer from the position he won in a landslide election less than two years ago. But Starmerism will probably survive him. For all the criticism thrown at the prime minister, he did have a guiding mission: a direct, pragmatic and progressive attempt to fix the UK’s most pressing problems, especially its inability to foster economic growth.

His project was simple: Run public services competently; cut immigration to politically tolerable levels; reform utilities, particularly if corporate owners mishandle them; increase worker rights and broaden opportunity; and push housebuilding and productivity ...