They could but they can’t do everything.

My point is that they aren't doing anything. In my first post I used the word "impotence". They have lost the ability to lead. There is a power vacuum being slurped up by the 3rd parties. If Labour doesn't reinvent itself and actually do something then they risk being relegated to the periphery. Super easy starting point: Shift the tax burden from productive to non-productive.

This is so frustrating because it seems like their neoliberal core prevents them from doing very rational things that would benefit their base. They have the research and just choose to ignore it.

When something doesn't make sense like this then some potential options are incompetence and ... what else?