From a narrowly survived vote of no confidence in the PM to Partygate and a burgeoning cost of living crisis, UK politics feels at an all-time low. GabyHinsliff explores what there is to do when the system feels broken
Gaby Hinsliff is a political commentator and the former chief political correspondent at The Observer.From a narrowly survived vote of no confidence in the PM to Partygate and a burgeoning cost of living crisis, UK politics feels at an all-time-low. Political journalist and commentator Gaby Hinsliff explores what there is to do when the system feels broken
Right now, British politics is a mess. Yesterday, Boris Johnson underwent a vote of no confidence by conservative MPs – which he survived by 211 to 148 votes, but his reputation is still in tatters. The cost of living has soared, hitting everything from eating out to petrol and our gas bills, but it’s taken weeks for the government to work out how to respond. While Post-Partygateto levels not seen since 2010, when a scandal over MPs fiddling their expenses shook parliament.
Indeed, it’s precisely this sense of hopelessness that leaves us feeling unable to take action. According to the pollsters YouGov, by the end of March nearly two-thirds of Britons thought politics was either badly or partly “broken”. But in terms of our current outlook and sense of hope, things may not be as bad as they seem. Even more of us felt like politics was broken way back in early 2019, when parliament was deadlocked over Brexit.
“People who are in power, and who don’t want you to share the power, are absolutely counting on you feeling hopeless and demoralised”
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