I understand and agree with Starmer's decision to not hand the Tories a big stick to hit him with when the GE free-for-all starts. It was a mistake, what a year or two back, to put any spending totals out on anything, when there was still over two years (at least) to go to the GE. I take heart from the fact he is learning from his (Ms Reeves) mistakes, before its two late.
Labour is still committed to Greening the Economy, for the benefit of future generations, but it also has to take care of some urgent changes needed for the current generation, e.g. NHS, (Dentistry) the latest, to give people here and now some hope. There are millions of ordinary folk who haven't got enough to live on, with unsecured jobs, inadequate housing, endless waiting lists, etc.etc.
We all know the 'climate clock' is ticking, but not everybody in the world has a clock, or wants to even look at it. There are massive issues right now, around the world, conflicts already, some growing, where we might have to /or get forced to be involved, energy, water and other resource management, migration, all demanding attention, and that usually means expenditure.
Starmer's right an incoming government will have to look at the books (as always) and then decided what goes where.
