no alarms & no surprises

This election seems to be one where no-one wants to make an error and most parties make the case for ‘steady as it goes”.

Policy has been overwhelmed by trivia and side-shows. The considerable challenges ahead barely mentioned. All this in a context where in elections in India, in Turkey, in Europe, old parties and Governments that have believed themselves to be ‘popular’ have suffered at the hands of a volatile and uneasy electorate.

The candidates that seek to inspire, all too often don’t. In the UK, Labour will win an election without any great surge of enthusiasm from the voters, and in NI the two biggest parties seem to be hoping no-one notices their more recent failures. July the 5th brings who knows what.

This podcast was recorded before the Trump/Biden debate. Another day...