Labour’s campaign was extremely cautious, and given past defeats I understand why. But now the UK center-left has a huge majority in a system with many fewer choke points than in the U.S. Let’s hope they’re ready to govern like the dominant party they now are
I disagree with Krugman on quite a bit, but he's got the Very Serious People's* number:
(**looks towards Starmer, Reeves, Scholz, Macron etc for no reason*)
come on now, he just said "let's hope"
I mean we can all hope that Starmer doesn't turn out to be exactly who he's been since 5 minutes after winning the leadership, right 😅