Even the AFR’s normally optimistic European correspondent Hans van Leeuwen has succumbed to pessimism in a country bogged down in post-Brexit political paralysis.
only serves to draw attention to the shabbiness of the rest of the network, and the shelving of plans to improve or extend it any further.– post, trains, nurses, paramedics, border officials, baggage handlers – and spiralling energy bills. Most of this malfunction, though, predates the current winter of discontent, and will continue afterwards.
But what marks Britain out, and perhaps entrenches my sense of despondency, is the stunted and dysfunctional state of its politics. Westminster feels stuck in a rut. The policy vacuum of the Brexit wars, and the governing Conservative Party’s politically enfeebled state following the Johnson-Truss debacles, have left a vibe of exhaustion and inertia.It is still two years until new Tory prime minister Rishi Sunak’s seemingly inexorable date with an election firing squad.
But this leaves a depressing vacuum. Perhaps he will ultimately deliver, but right now it feels as though Britain lacks the political will and wit, and the fiscal wherewithal, to tackle the monumental challenges of the health system, the welfare system, the aged and social care systems, the public transport system, and the education system.
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