A.Stringer<p>"The only alternative is to get on with the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> believes are required, communicate them as best as possible, and ignore the lobby going feral. This is a better fit with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a>’s and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Reeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reeves</span></a>’s characters, but it does mean operating with an even more intensely negative <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> backdrop than <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labourgovernments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labourgovernments</span></a> usually have."</p><p>The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/presslobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presslobby</span></a> is going feral—ignore it<br><a href="https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/69113/the-press-lobby-is-going-feral-reeves-starmer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">prospectmagazine.co.uk/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/69113/the-press-lobby-is-going-feral-reeves-starmer</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKJournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKJournalism</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Westminster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westminster</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tabloidjournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tabloidjournalism</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Westminsterlobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westminsterlobby</span></a></p>