How do you feel about The Economist's commentary? Labour’s credibility trap www.economist.com/britain/2025...

Aren't you taking too short a view? What about the previous 500 years?

This long view is so important. But how can the government prepare the population for a better debate? We hardly ever have joined-up discussions of basic comparisons between the UK and other countries (population size, birth rate, age profile, dependency ratio, sources of growth, trade, tax base).

3. The education of all of my grandchildren was disrupted: home schooling of variable quality (from excellent to nearly absent); loss of contact with friends, little opportunity for socialisation; personal experience of COVID-19 deaths, fear for parents and relatives; impacts on mental health.

... There is little public debate about measuring the impact of COVID-19 on the productive capacity of the workforce in countries with different age profiles, vaccination levels, and policy response to the acute phase of the pandemic.

... The sequelae were alleviated for both of them by having a baby. Coincidence? What helps people recover from and/or adapt to the damage?

2. The UK government is reacting to a large increase in social security benefit claims. Ministers have tended to blame claimants for preferring not to work...

Three observations from a UK perspective.

1. My son's wife is a specialist nurse. They both caught COVID-19 before the UK recognised that airborne transmission in hospitals posed life-threatening risks for healthcare workers. They still suffer from after-effects...

Excellent work!

Have you been able to find data to support international comparisons of the incidence and cost of the long-term after-effects of COVID-19?

Have your colleagues weighed up the benefit to India if US tariffs lead to relocation of export industries from China to India, versus the impact on Indian manufacturers if the international market other than USA is flooded with cut-price Chinese exports? newsroom.tortoisemedia.com/cr/AQjcjBUQo...

What would residents of India's cities vote for now? India has 40 of the world's top 50 cities for air pollution according to IQAir www.iqair.com/world-most-p...