The government main opposition is the media. Labour who is the official opposition seems to have lost its way and is sending out mixed messages.
The job of the opposition is to hold the government to account and to challenge their decisions against their manifesto promises.
In other words, are they doing what the said they would when asking to be elected.
Instead of holding the government to account, the opposition is encouraging and criticising the government and pushing them to take risks with the public purse. All their suggestions seem to require more money and that ignores the fiscal impact on the country.
They say;
Good idea to keep the schools open, but spend more money to protect schools, teachers and pupils and give them grants to buy new equipment for online courses.
We support the government test and trace but we must spend more money on hiring staff to do the tracing.
We have t support workers, so s=we must continue the furlough scheme eve though we’re keeping businesses afloat that are bound to die.
We should provide school meals for all children, all year round but provide more money to keep schools open over the holidays, staff the kitchens and care for the children.
We need to put more money into the NHS even though the perceived wisdom is that the NHS outmoded administration processes costs the NHS about 25% of their budget.
We should give all public sector workers raises not withstanding the fact that they earn more than the private sector and have iron plated pensions.
I could go on, but I won’t. I assume you have your own examples of where the opposition wants to spend more money that will provide no return for the investment.
We need an opposition that challenges responsibly and stops this carping against the government just to score political points. I’m very worried that the Labour Party are at the forefront of the North versus South debate and not anywhere to be seen on the UK debate.
Constant digs at the PM accusing him of insulting the North and Lisa Nandy’s accusations of the contempt she says the Tories have for the North are really not helpful or true.
The media have picked up the gauntlet and are having fun playing the Tories and Labour off against each other. A bit like the band on the Titanic they play on despite the chaos around them.
Andy Burnham is on every media outlet constantly complaining that the government is unfair and insulting the North. Again not helpful and not true. He and Lisa are forcing a wedge between people and not unifying the country. Modern day Quislings! Supported in their endeavours by the BBC.
Conclusion
This pandemic is the biggest crisis the world has ever seen since WW2 and it needs a united army to tackle it.
We need a national response!