Britain is about to learn that a pleasing personality is no substitute for sound principles and policies. The US and many other democracies should take note. Hello, I’m Steve Forbes and this is what’s ahead, where you get the insights you needed to better navigate these turbulent times.
Great Britain is about to get its seventh prime minister in 10 years. Never before in its electoral history has there been such a turnover. The country is mired in a sluggish economy riddled with high cost and a dysfunctional government-run health care system. Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester, will soon take over from the hapless incumbent Sir Keir Starmer. The Labor Party is in a panic.
It won an overwhelming number of seats in the 2024 election, but is now immensely unpopular. It was thrashed by the upstart Reform UK party in recent local elections. Put aside Starmer’s wooden public persona and chronic indecisiveness. His successor has offered no plausible policies to turn around a very troubled country. In fact, some of his past utterances sound like socialist Senator Bernie Sanders on steroids, such as seizing British companies, massively boosting taxes on the rich, including a wealth tax, and rejoining the sclerotic…
