Okay, bear with me here and this thought. It may take a few turns.
Let's first begin with the premise that the Labour government has no problem with unlimited immigration. It's a tenet of the Left and especially the far left. It's a given that the left will support immigration.
Also, the Left support multiculturalism. We know that the left support it to almost religious levels. Multiculturalism is supported by the left no matter what misadventures come from it.
Despite all the stabbings, the rapes, the beheadings, the left still supports both of the above.
We also know that the UK's finances are in a parlous state and cuts needed to be made. So to fix the 22 billion pound black hole, pensioners lost the automatic winter fuel allowance.
We have had a year of the Labour government supporting all of the above. No equivocation, no wobbles. the cabinet has stood firm on these stances and more.
Until last week.
Then suddenly, out of the blue, at the end of last week the government announced a U-turn on the winter fuel payments. To everyone's surprise, the 22 billion black hole was apparently filled and the government could enjoy a bit of a spend-fest.
Really?
Then at the weekend, the government announced a U-turn on their policy regarding the Pakistani Rape gang Enquiry. Now all of a sudden, there was money for it and a will in Parliament to identify the rapists, their motivations and the scale of the problem.
Really?
Just weeks after Emily Maitliss had taken the usual far-left stance of the media called ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe a racist for suggesting that any inquiry into the rape gangs should be carried out and for suggesting that the gangs are primarily Pakistani Muslim Men.
Not just that, last week Prevent, the organisation tasked with preventing extremist activity had said that just expressing opinions opposing unlimited immigration was akin to terrorism.
So what has changed?
What happened last week?
What has convinced the Government to U-turn in such a way on a number of fundamental leftist stances?
Was the Prevent thing the straw that broke the camel's back? Did it open the eyes of politicians in thinking that far-left ideology was just plain bonkers and that really a more moderate outlook was preferrable?
Has the Muslim Council of Britain put the Labour party on notice that Labour cannot rely on their block vote any more? Is that why finally Labour can start to speak out about the unspeakable acts carried out by Muslims in the UK?
Is the Reform Party such a threat now that Labour have to start to pull back towards the middle-ground?
Just what happened last week to force the Labour Government to U-turn on two significant policy issues?
Is the upcoming G7 summit the reason? Has the UK government been briefed on the lack of support they will receive from America at the summit? Have they been told to be more moderate or else there will be some unfavourable optics or announcements at the summit?
If so, I'm waiting for more interesting news.
Over in the U.S. the Lucy Connoly case has sparked a lot of indignation, not just amongst American politicians, but the majority of American people. They are seeing Lucy an others being jailed just for having an opinion. The UK government is now seen as an authoritarian regime like some tinpot dictator. That doesn't bode well for public opinion in the U.S. when it comes to supporting the UK. Why would America support an authoritarian regime? Why would they support a government that oppresses it's own people?
I think that last week the UK government got a message. A message that threatened it's very existence. A message that it should recant it's extreme policies, or else.
Don't for a second think that Kier Starmer has seen sense. Don't think he made these U-turns by his own volition. His nature is still authoritarian, even though he doesn't see it.
He was forced to do it by outside forces.
Finally somebody with a bigger stick got involved and sent a softly worded message....
UPDATE:
It looks like the release of Baroness Casey's report from her audit of the issues around the rape gangs forced Starmer's hand. Once the report came out, it would be clear that despite the left wing's protestations to the contrary, the reality of the situation was that the industrial scale rape of young white girls is being carried out by men of Pakistani origin.
It makes you wonder what other things the Government believe is true despite the reality being completely opposite.
Ah, I know: That the illegal immigrants on boats are all women and children, as stated by Cabinet Minister Darren Jones MP last week on question time. That's another sign that cabinet ministers believe in a fantasy and that their responses are dealing with that false reality.
It's the duty of Government to understand the reality of a situation, otherwise how can they deal with it?
The impact of Net Zero is another item on the list of "Fantastical things Government Believes Are True". In the government's eyes, net zero is a wonderful thing and it has no cost impact on the ordinary citizens of the country.
Except the reality is, net zero is crippling the economy, making goods more expensive for ordinary people to buy, it's putting up heating costs, making travel harder and it's making it harder for industry to manufacture anything. In fact it's impossible for heavy engineering or any sort of energy-expensive industry to survive here.
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