Lack of Firm Principle is a Disaster
I see Andy Burnham has reversed his position on rejoining the EU. Of course he has.
Andy Burnham has reversed his support for rejoining the EU.
This follows Labour leadership candidate Wes Streeting putting rejoin back on the agenda, just when it was least helpful to Andy Burnham’s by election campaign, creating a row at the top of the Labour party: the Guardian reports here. One senior Labour figure describes this as a “shambles”.
The circus rolls on. It rolls on because people who want power will say whatever is necessary to get it. That phenomenon is destroying our society.
Having been on the inside of successful and unsuccessful leadership campaigns, I will try to unpack what is going on. In short, politicians crave power and their pursuit of it is exposing contradictions on multiple fronts. That can only lead to chaos and decay.
Power corrupts
Labour recently ended universal winter fuel payments, restricting them to only those receiving means-tested benefits. There has been outcry. All the Conservative Leadership candidates want lower taxes and a smaller state, but also oppose the change
