Our sacking culture never gets results

Our sacking culture never gets results

At moments this past week, British politics resembled the frantic WhatsApp group of a relegation-threatened football club’s hierarchy. Rumours flew, denials hardened and the knives were never far away. Sir Keir Starmer survived his potential demise. Just. But days after we swerved another switch, the wider picture feels familiar: a system addicted to change, mistaking it for progress. Football, of course, has been here for years. It’s hard not t…