Katy Balls may well be expecting Johnson to use his "newfound freedom to accommodate the Labour leave areas that have gone blue", but even his victory speech outside No.10 lacked any reasons for such optimism (Johnson is able to forge a new centre ground, 14/12/19). "Unite and level up" seems to be the next meaningless slogan, but where is the evidence that Johnson`s "one nation Conservatism" is any different from that of his predecessors ("The country deserves an end to talking about Brexit", 14/12/19)?
For such a belief to take effect, Johnson would have to offend too many of his traditional supporters, like landlords and builders, but how else can lives improve for all those millions living in rented accommodation, or wanting to buy affordable homes? Even the well publicised NHS promises to have 50,000 more nurses and 40 new hospitals have already failed all scrutiny tests. "Better schools", also mentioned in the speech, require massive cash injections, with far more than a little pay boost needed to end the teacher recruitment crisis; "safer streets" demand more than simply replacing the numbers of policemen cut under recent Tory administrations.
Corbyn probably promised too much, but Johnson, surrounded by a cabinet dominated by the co-authors of the frightening "Britannia Unchained", and by advisers whose only strategy appears to be based on lies and scrutiny-avoidance, will promise little of substance, and provide even less!
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