Gordon Brown Rebukes Holidaying Starmer
Guardian readers in all probability thought they’d woken up in 2008 this morning, with Gordon Brown splashing the entrance web page together with his massive plan to save lots of the world, this time from the power disaster. No, Gordon hasn’t taken the reins once more. Sir Keir is, in reality, nonetheless Labour chief… he’s simply on vacation.
Whereas Starmer catches some rays, Brown is busy doing his job for him, proposing a suspension of the power value cap earlier than 26th August, a right away emergency funds, the re-nationalisation of any power corporations that can’t decrease payments, and a reprogramming of DWP laptop methods to regulate advantages. He’s additionally proposing voluntary power rationing now “when the climate’s good“. Presumably Sir Keir agrees, given he’s already benefiting from the sunshine.
Nonetheless, these ready to listen to what the precise present Labour chief thinks should wait till subsequent week, when he’ll return to London to stipulate his plans alongside Rachel Reeves. He could be in for a shock if he turns to Gordon for inspiration, although. The primary line of Brown’s article reads: “Time and tide await nobody. Neither do crises. They don’t take holidays…”
