Caroline Slocock
@carolineslocock.bsky.social
Director of think tank Civil Exchange, expert on government and civil society, political commentator, former senior civil servant and Private Secretary to two PMs, first feminist book on Thatcher, People Like Us. Also on X.
That’s when the rot set in.
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
That’s when the rot set in.
Starmer needs to find Starmerism and a longer term sense of direction and purpose, and stop
listening to his spin doctors whose advice is clearly not working and whose briefing against colleagues is not helping to create a sense of stability or strength.
listening to his spin doctors whose advice is clearly not working and whose briefing against colleagues is not helping to create a sense of stability or strength.
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Starmer needs to find Starmerism and a longer term sense of direction and purpose, and stop
listening to his spin doctors whose advice is clearly not working and whose briefing against colleagues is not helping to create a sense of stability or strength.
listening to his spin doctors whose advice is clearly not working and whose briefing against colleagues is not helping to create a sense of stability or strength.
When No 10 gets into a bunker it’s hard to get out. If you dig in (Thatcher) and refuse to make changes of policy and staff amidst dire polls, your colleagues turn against you. Major came out fighting and called and won a leadership contest in 1995 but lost the 1997 election.
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
When No 10 gets into a bunker it’s hard to get out. If you dig in (Thatcher) and refuse to make changes of policy and staff amidst dire polls, your colleagues turn against you. Major came out fighting and called and won a leadership contest in 1995 but lost the 1997 election.
6/ She would want to tackle the causes of migration, including wars and, increasingly, global warming, rather than leave the ECHR which helps maintain the post World War 2 world order. Leaving the ECHR places us with Russia and Belarus, which would cause her shame.
October 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
6/ She would want to tackle the causes of migration, including wars and, increasingly, global warming, rather than leave the ECHR which helps maintain the post World War 2 world order. Leaving the ECHR places us with Russia and Belarus, which would cause her shame.
5/ As an (unsuccesful) social conservative who tried to roll back social change - S.28, for example - she might like aspects of Trump, but she would hate the extreme right and not want to ape it. She would want to strengthen the EU now, amidst such global insecurity and..
October 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
5/ As an (unsuccesful) social conservative who tried to roll back social change - S.28, for example - she might like aspects of Trump, but she would hate the extreme right and not want to ape it. She would want to strengthen the EU now, amidst such global insecurity and..