As Polly Mackenzie argues in It’s the Despair That’s Going to Kill Us , politics badly needs to cheer up. But cheering up requires something to look forward to, and that will take more than the political slogans we’re hearing today. It demands direction: a shared view of where we can get to, what stands in the way, and the choices needed to get there. That direction is missing from our politics. Populists offer nostalgia and fantasy, but Labour’s vision is hazy. Its analysis
