{"id":13717,"date":"2026-05-03T15:59:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/why-uk-voters-are-impossible-to-satisfy-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T15:59:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:59:53","slug":"why-uk-voters-are-impossible-to-satisfy-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/why-uk-voters-are-impossible-to-satisfy-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Why UK voters are impossible to satisfy – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

The neoliberalism problem | Trump\u2019s hypocrisy | Spurred on | Social media and the over-80s | Beatles\u2019 trademark challenge
Zoe Williams is right to question if voters can ever be satisfied (Are our prime ministers the problem \u2013 or is the UK ungovernable?, 27 April<\/a>). The problem governments face is trying to make social promises of quality public services through an economic model that doesn\u2019t work for the majority. Unless we can ditch neoliberalism, which rewards capital not labour, inequality will continue to frustrate voters and defeat governments.
Rosie Smithson<\/strong>
Felixstowe, Suffolk<\/em>
<\/span> I was entertained by Donald Trump\u2019s accusation that \u201cso many people are incensed by [Jimmy] Kimmel\u2019s despicable call to violence\u201d, while Melania explained \u201cKimmel\u2019s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country\u201d (Jimmy Kimmel defends Melania \u2018widow\u2019 joke after the Trumps call for him to be fired, 28 April<\/a>). A case of the Potus calling the Kimmel black.
John Brindle<\/strong>
Hingham, Norfolk<\/em>
<\/span> John Crace (Digested week, 1 May<\/a>) laments the plight of his beloved Spurs. He should remember that the only thing you are guaranteed in sport is disappointment.
Bill Gregg<\/strong>
Taunton, Somerset<\/em>
<\/span> Trevor Hopper (Letters, 1 May<\/a>) suggests that there should be social media restrictions for the over-65s. Let me, as an 88-year-old, assure him that, for me, such a\u00a0restriction already exists \u2013 my total incomprehension of the whole wretched business.
Mike Whitaker<\/strong>
North Petherton, Somerset<\/em>
<\/span> I hope Yoko Ono won\u2019t object to the sign in my front garden saying \u201cGive Bees a Chance\u201d (Yoko Ono trademark challenge leaves sour taste for John Lemon beer maker, 2 May<\/a>).
Wendy Burton<\/strong>
Ipswich, Suffolk <\/em>
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The neoliberalism problem | Trump\u2019s hypocrisy | Spurred on | Social media and the over-80s | Beatles\u2019 trademark challengeZoe Williams is right to question if voters can ever be satisfied (Are our prime ministers the problem \u2013 or is the UK ungovernable?, 27 April). The problem governments face is trying to make social promises of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}