Mark<p>It’s straight from the Trump playbook: <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> is tearing up the machinery of government</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NotLabourAsWeKnowIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotLabourAsWeKnowIt</span></a></p><p>This might sound astonishing, but the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> government’s core programme now appears to be the same as Donald <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s: dismantling the administrative state.</p><p>There’s less theatre, but the results could prove harder to contest. Absurd? Consider the evidence.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/11/donald-trump-labour-government" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/feb/11/donald-trump-labour-government</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LabourLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourLies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AuthoritarianCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthoritarianCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DemocracyNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNOW</span></a></p>