Sad fact is, very little government policy appears to be driven by the values of those voted in. It’s just bandwagons and financials.
Comment on Tories would ban under-16s from social media
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Whenever the Tories say they’d do something, remember to ask why they didn’t do so in the 14 years they had, most of which with a decent sized majority.
I don’t disagree that social media is immensely harmful, especially for the youth. I can see very good arguments for there being more stringent age requirements.
But why didn’t you pursue this before if it’s what you believe in?
wewbull@feddit.uk 1 day ago
steeznson@lemmy.world 1 day ago
To play devil’s advocate, part of being in opposition is to give parties a chance to reassess what’s important to them. Kemi wasn’t particularly senior when they were in government and the shadow cabinet has changed from the actual cabinet when they were in power.
Political parties are extremely top driven in the UK with the PM or LOTO having an outsized role in shaping what their offering will be in the next manifesto. Being in power also changes decision making like Tories can now be all in favour of online privacy and civil liberties in a way they couldn’t when they were running the home office. Similar shift in priority for Starmer being emboldened to further purge the left of his party more blatantly than when they were in opposition.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s true. I had it in my head that her cabinet wasn’t all that different from Sunak’s, but if I’m incorrect on that or there has been a cabinet reshuffle I’m unaware of, then that changes things somewhat, I agree.
steeznson@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Focusing on the big 4 offices of state. Kemi’s Shadow Cabinet:
Rishi’s Cabinet:
There are like 30 ministerial roles though so not sure how similar the junior ministers are.