Re:Is Britain becoming more meritocratic than America?
by ben_w on Sunday August 08, 2021 @06:43AM
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That only requires they are more popular than the opposition, not that they are popular in an absolute sense, let alone that they are competent at their briefs. The main UK opposition party is… “meh”, in every regard that matters for electoral success.
In the last few weeks the UK press has been running stories about supermarket shelves being empty and a general collapse of the domestic logistics system; while the articles split blame for this between Brexit and the self-isolation requirements created during the pandemic, in both cases the buck stops with the government.
There have been other substantial indicators of incompetence at least since Johnson took office.
Despite this, the government has generally been ahead in the polls.
In the last few weeks the UK press has been running stories about supermarket shelves being empty and a general collapse of the domestic logistics system; while the articles split blame for this between Brexit and the self-isolation requirements created during the pandemic, in both cases the buck stops with the government.
There have been other substantial indicators of incompetence at least since Johnson took office.
Despite this, the government has generally been ahead in the polls.