One hole in that theory is that the left historically is very good at knowing when to blow political capital now for entrenched wins, and then slink away and come back later. They did this a lot with Clinton, then Obama, then Biden. They pursue radical leftist policies that are wildly unpopular, knowing it will cost them elections and support in the near term, but making sure to entrench those leftist policies as hard as they can.
The incoming right leaning government, no matter the nation, tends to not repeal or rescind those leftist policies in any meaningful way, and the left just waits a few election cycles until people forget what they did and the right becomes unpopular again, then rinse repeat.
I can see Starmer and his ilk going full bore to get this sort of thing passed and as set in stone as possible, knowing it's throwing the next election and making them hated...for a while. They know Reform and even Restore probably won't manage to get rid of most of it, and then the leftists can come back in a decade and take the next big step.
The Right tends to waste political capital on moral wins that ultimately don't matter. The Left tends to spend political capital on tangible wins that become irreversible for generations.
One hole in that theory is that the left historically is very good at knowing when to blow political capital now for entrenched wins, and then slink away and come back later. They did this a lot with Clinton, then Obama, then Biden. They pursue radical leftist policies that are wildly unpopular, knowing it will cost them elections and support in the near term, but making sure to entrench those leftist policies as hard as they can.
The incoming right leaning government, no matter the nation, tends to not repeal or rescind those leftist policies in any meaningful way, and the left just waits a few election cycles until people forget what they did and the right becomes unpopular again, then rinse repeat.
I can see Starmer and his ilk going full bore to get this sort of thing passed and as set in stone as possible, knowing it's throwing the next election and making them hated...for a while. They know Reform and even Restore probably won't manage to get rid of most of it, and then the leftists can come back in a decade and take the next big step.
The Right tends to waste political capital on moral wins that ultimately don't matter. The Left tends to spend political capital on tangible wins that become irreversible for generations.