‘The Integrity Gap: Starmer’s Government Risks Building the Authoritarian Future We Fear’

Labour MP Clive Lewis argues that the collapse of public trust in politics is the
product of corporate power being wired into the architecture of the state

For years, the political centre has comforted itself with a story that public mistrust is irrational.

It is the product, we are told, of populism, social media echo chambers, and bad faith actors on the far-right. But look more closely and you will find a different story.

This mistrust is not irrational at all. It is rooted in the lived experience of a public that has seen too much, been told too many half-truths, and been left to bear the cost when the promises of government have failed to materialise.

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