Ever since Labour got into office they have told us everything they inherited was broken. They have broken a good few things, blamed the previous government and told us it takes a long time to fix it up. Meanwhile practically everything they do makes things worse. Now we have Mr Jenrick also telling us Britain is broken, as he flip flops from opposing the end of the two child cap to supporting it , from opposing proportional representation to welcoming it, from telling us in vivid language why he disapproved of Nigel Farage to telling us he now worships him.
In July 2024 on change of government inflation was on target at 2% Labour almost doubled it in their first year with energy, fare and other public sector price rises. In July 2024 unemployment had come down to4%, only for Labour to put it up by a quarter. UK educational standards were high, ready for Labour to attack the policies that had led to such good progress. Belatedly the previous government had toughened legal migration policy substantially with numbers beginning to fall, only for Labour to want to relax the new laws. Illegal migration was down by a third from an unacceptably high peak, so Labour relaxed the laws and saw it surge again. The UK had grown the fastest of the G& in the first half of 2024 after the damage of lockdown. Labour slowed the economy with two tax raising budgets that sandbagged the private sector.
When you take over government of course you can say the past government had made bad mistakes. But if you do so you need to promptly rectify the errors and by the second year be able to point to improvements. Instead Labour claimed everything was bad and instead set about making much of it worse. Conservatives hit their target of building 1 million homes in 5 years. Labour have presided over a fall in new housebuilding, particularly acute in London, so they have no chance of hitting their enlarged target of 1.5m homes in 5 years.
The UK despite its government is still growing a bit faster than the EU . Our exportable services are doing very well, and our technology sector is stronger than most EU countries. Manu UK people work hard, show enterprise and innovation and achieve a great deal despite the government and the taxes. It is not Britain that is broken but its government.