Morgan McSweeney: The British state is out of shape ^45.4%

UnHerd - By Shea Ferguson - 7/2/2026, 5:15 PM

Hasty Generalization 21.4% - Negativity Bias 16.8% - Appeal to Emotion 15.2%

Morgan McSweeney has claimed that the British state is “out of shape”. Speaking to Nick Robinson on the BBC’s Political Thinking podcast this week, the former Downing Street chief of staff said that the state is “big, but it’s actually quite weak. It’s too weak to pick up a bin in Birmingham or to stop the boats or to get a phone answer... more