Starmer says that *Labour must work with business to create fairer society.*

"Working with business" sounds good to people who dislike conflict, like "working with Republicans", but both are programmed to fail. Working for more fairness together with the main source of unfairness is not likely to get very far.

Even worse, announcing that that's your intended approach gives the source of unfairness veto power. "Working with" thus turns into "begging the indulgence of."

Frederick Douglass reminds us that "Power concedes nothing without a demand." Starmer would like Britons to forget to make the demand.