Welfare versus warfare: Sir Keir Starmer's unresolved question - and why the PM's pinned his hopes on economic growth

Words fail Keir Starmer

Politics is closer to an art form than a science. The ability to deploy arguments and ideas is not an added extra, but the essence of the vocation. The great virtue of politics compared with war is that differences are resolved by the force of words, the power of persuasion. In order to prevail, elected leaders must turn to the might of language. I was reminded of this during a text exchange the other day with a government insider on the latest …

[Opinion] Welfare versus warfare: Sir Keir Starmer's unresolved question - and why the PM's pinned his hopes on economic growth

The PM knows it falls on him to create the warfare state as Europe rearms - but can the Labour leader balance this with welfare?

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Welfare versus warfare: for decades, it’s a question to which successive prime ministers have responded with one answer. After the end of the Cold War, leaders across the West banked the so-called “peace dividend” that came with the end of this conflict between Washington and Moscow. Instead of funding their armies, they invested in the welfare state and public services instead. But now the tussle over this question is something that the current…

Welfare versus warfare: Sir Keir Starmer's unresolved question

Welfare versus warfare: for decades, it’s a question to which successive prime ministers have responded with one answer. After the end of the Cold War, leaders across the West banked the so-called “peace dividend” that came with the end of this conflict between Washington and Moscow. Instead of funding their armies, they invested in the welfare state and public services instead. But now the tussle over this question is something that the current…