Our economy is broken. Our public services are in crisis, from the NHS to the dozens of local councils facing bankruptcy. Our industries are in crisis as infrastructure collapses, from transport and water to the electricity grid. From Port Talbot to Aberdeen, tens of thousands of workers face job cuts from an unjust “transition to net zero”.
And, as the prime minister, Keir Starmer, has noticed, behind this economic failure looms an even bigger societal black hole. Last month’s riots were a warning sign. If you kill hope, if you abandon working-class communities, you create an open wound of discontent that the scapegoaters will stick their fingers in. This is how support for rightwing nationalism grows.
