It’s straight from the Trump playbook: Labour is tearing up the machinery of government | George Monbiot

R.It may seem amazing, but it seems that the main program of the UK government is the same Donald Trump: the dismantling of the administrative state. There is a lesser theater, but the results may be difficult to compete for. silly? Consider evidence.

Take the government Zebra From the Chairman of the Competition and Markets Authority, Marcus Bozkrenk. His crime appears to be to take his role seriously, It seeks to prevent Forming corporate monopoly. He was replaced by the former Amazon UK director, a widely accused company Monopolies practices. This is the pure Trump: kicked the organizer and entered a person from a company they were seeking to organize.

Or take the culture war against the general protection that it launched last month by Kiir Starmer and Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, whom she described differently – using a more violent language – as.Weeds“It should be removed”, or the barriers that must be “torn”, “demolition” and “kick”. Instead of obsession with dangers (which is what is in his action), the role of the organizers should be.Provide growthStarmer said he deliberately repeated Trump and he promised to attack the planning system, he would do. “Building, child, building“. he Release General statement on the regulations: “This government will sweep it.”

Starmer says his mission is inspired by his “conversations with prominent executives”, who complain that their plans are hindering due to citizens’ objections, legal challenges and the need to consult with the organizers. Welcome to the old capital’s struggle with this angry, democratic concept. He stated surprisingly that he was designing his assault on the democratic state to cancel the Margaret Thatcher organization from the financial capital, which FinalIn 2007, it was the first tour of a British bank In 140 yearsHelping to operate the global financial crisis.

While Trump may collide with Congress that has a fragile majority, and various constitutional obstacles, this government is currently not available. No conservative opposition is faced: this is what they wanted to do, if they dared.

Although the Prime Minister seeks to satisfy the commercial and oligarchy authority, his attack on the organization has results that he may find less useful. When a lever pulls, he can discover that without a strong administrative state, nothing happens. Then good and bad things fail to achieve them.

It includes good things Consultation is the use of lands The government was launched last month. Its suggestions can be revolutionary. It is determined, for the first time in England, a Rationalism To determine the lands that must be used for what. Where agriculture does not produce almost anything (as in Heep sheepThe new paper indicates that the Earth can be used better to revive ecosystems. Since 85 % of the UK agricultural region is managed and livestock is managed, it is looking for how to fulfill our demand for food more efficiently. It calls for the restoration of the lands of peat, forests, coastal habitats, and “reaffirming our water bodies and providing water space.” He wants us National parks And other “protected” landscapes to become “more green, tricks and easier”.

There are some strange contradictions. The main paper is affected by the fact that England is “one of the most exhausted countries in nature in the world.” But his analytical attachment, It was published separatelyIt indicates that the government intends to adhere to the escalating conservative goal of improving the abundance of wild species that does not exceed 2042. The plans are more undermined using a completely inappropriate standard called “Tree growth capabilities“To determine the place of allowing trees to return. While this is useful in planning wood farms, it has no meaning for environmental restoration. There is no very high place for the establishment of trees in England, and the boredom forests in the hills are not less valuable than wooden situations The straight in the lowlands.

More positive, consulting also suggests a community’s right to buy land and buildings, Like Scotland; Better and more easy data and maps updated on the state of the Earth, which are necessary for good planning.

All these proposals require two things: an obligation will not falter in the face of pressure by the current powers, led by the National Union of Farmers, the Land and Rural Business Association; Strong government agencies, confidence and good connection. But yet 15 years of decompositionfor Frustration and SatanThese bodies, such as Natural England, Environment Agency and Rural Payments Agency, are He rarely breathes. The government, through More cuts in the budgetThe determination to finish them appears. Last month, Trump’s cultural war fired against the organizers. A week later, she launched a huge and complex strategy that relies on them completely.

Local authorities are also necessary to provide land use plans, but they are also unable to get rid of systemicism. Like the terrible state of the regulatory authorities, this issue is not determined in the consultation. The new paper states that “investors, farmers, and other companies want certainty” about government policy, and “a more joining and strategic approach to the strategy of land use and planning.” Yes: To develop long -term plans, land managers need a strong organizational framework. Instead, they get chaos.

Away from addressing these issues, the government will rely on “private nature markets”. The timing can hardly be worse, coincides with a Global collapse Of confidence In these markets, carbon and nature “CreditsThey sell, as a result of fraud, misconduct, thinking about wishful and wrong accounting. These issues appear to be essential for an industry that sells future promises of criticism today. Even if these markets succeed in one way or another, they will need to work within strong organizational controls, which are enforced by the difficult public authorities.

Farmers can be justified justifying that they are required to make environmental improvements while the government swings its destroyed ball Airport expansion and New trunk methodsHe says to hell with Newt and the batsI announced huge LNG project Under the “Carbon Capture and Store” and seeks to obtain support for approval Rosebank Oil field. If your goal is to generate angry resistance, try stark double standards.

How does the government fail to understand these things: that you cannot implement an ambitious program for change without strong government agencies? And that you cannot appease corporate pressure groups simultaneously, Daily Mail, The Times and Telegraph and Providing an effective and useful policy? How can politicians who are not criminals, fraud, sexual attackers, or a coup, reflect the orange tyrant agenda?