Not to say there was none of course - there has been some. But an economic strategy that can reduce cost pressure where people are hit hardest (energy bills, housing costs, childcare etc.) AND higher taxes on the wealthier in society to improve public services will make most voters far happier.

The £137 figure seems a bit irrelevant. Losing around 0.5% of your salary (from my back of the envelope calculation) is nothing when inflation will have caused prices to rise by more than 10x that by that point.

Consumers will be far more miffed at a lack of direct action on the cost of living.

No offence guys but if you think this points to mass cognitive dissonance, you're completely out of touch. You're focusing on this one piece of information while ignoring all other context.

2 largest post war financial crises => 15 years of austerity => highest post-war inequality in real terms

We are one step closer to Kier Starmer moving to doing his press conferences from the number 10 kitchen, in a hoodie, with a podcast mic

Writing it out has made me realise it's like my most common recurring nightmare:

-Something is badly wrong (e.g. the kitchen is on fire)
- Whenever I alert others to the problem, no-one seems to care
- I have to solve the problem myself as it gradually gets worse and worse despite my efforts

Every few weeks I have what feels like the same penny drop moment where my head writes some version of this essay in my head

You realise something is blatantly profoundly wrong and no-one cares, then suddenly you look around at all the other shit you've adjusted to and feel you've gone insane

Oh, a spokesperson from a tech company has said they're gonna build those tubes from Futurama did they? Have you asked literally anyone with knowledge outside their company if it's remotely possible?

No? Ah well, just post it anyway, I'm sure they'll get it done!

Placing the merit of these ideas aside, why is it always just assumed that if a science/tech entrepreneur has an idea, it can be done

Absolutely no sales BS detector needed. Just publish an article that makes you look like a dumbass to anyone in the industry in question - anything for the eyeballs

Agreed on all points mate

Sure - these are just different things though. There's no problem right now with talking about the future governance of the region.

I suppose the thing is that the above requires conversation on holding people to account. Whereas holding people to account does require answering Nadine's question.

True, and to most the questions you pose are more important to most people, but it's not like Nadine isn't make a fair point that is going to be relevant to the what happens to the citizens of Israel and Palestine in the short term

I didn't enjoy killing some of the fish I caught when I was growing up, but I gained perspective on nature and death.

I better understand the ethical decision of buying fish as a result. I know what it means to get the fish onto the supermarket shelf - it's not an unconscious moral decision.

Glad I'm not the only person who gets Suri ads absolutely rammed down their throat

Will 100% be the view of future historians lmao. Conservatives being so incapable of accepting a rapidly changing society and childishly lashing out instead of being mature enough to accept nuance.

The only person who should think this attack was about Israel and Gaza is the assailant - if that is even true in the first place.

This rhetoric should not divide us. Follow the examples of the religious leaders in this country in their responsibility to this attack, appeal to our common humanity.

I don't think ppl understand how it works fundamentally. They want swathes on their local parade of shops to deter thieves, antisocial behaviour etc.

But don't put 2+2 together and realise that this is surveilling them too.

It's the spectacle form of politics that we seem to have inherited from the US and the impossible pace of modern news.

It's always "what has just happened and what does this mean for the prospects of XYZ". No actual politics required.

They should make a TV show about how children can go down the wrong path when parents don't actively try to maintain an emotional relationship with them