The mantra “Change” was the Prime Minister’s pledge of trust for his election landslide in 2024. He offered it as his bargaining chip to the UK public in a push to takeover from the Conservatives.
But it’s not a new word to use in politics here. The significance of its meaning is fading.
It entails overhauling the law to include concerns that don’t translate in public services. It means making sure everyone is benefiting from a government of scope. It entails making sure a broken Civil Service is fixed for good.
In honest truth, we’re not sure the Prime Minister has delivered on that.
The problem of lower prices so everyone can power their homes affordably is not here yet. The promise of safer neighbourhoods is not here yet. The promise of an end to a large scale crime event on the Dover Strait isn’t here yet.
This isn’t change, but a slow-paced office working backwards on things.
The Prime Minister has to get a grip and speed up his work, to make his promise make ultimate sense to us. It can’t hang as a word above his head so he’s understood. It has to be delivered as a result.