The [Audible Free] Trial

Similar to income tax, in that inequality is a yawning crevasse but the proposed solution seems to be making those with less pay more.

So how have we arrived at a situation where everything is falling apart, we're paying more for it, and action is (rightly or wrongly) scoffed at?

Genuine question, because this also links into the income tax debate: rail fares being enormously high ("it's cheaper to fly to Cornwall" etc) is a huge public bugbear. Then, when there's action taken to alleviate it in some way, apparently rail fares HAVE to be high.

So what's the actual answer?

Britain permanently being stuck between the twin contradictory impulses of "David Cameron is just like me!" and secretly yearning for patrician rule.

Ah, well, now I'm reassured that they only NEARLY did something they presumably now think is a terrible idea (even though it's a good idea).

Tenth of December is wonderful!

You'll never guess what a decades-long continued reliance on "vote against the other guy, not FOR us" makes Reform-curious voters do.

I've been thinking more and more this year that societies inevitably end up promoting people who have a baked-in mindset from when they were in their late twenties. Borne back ceaselessly into the past, etc

Jeremy Hunt is great at sounding reasonable out of office, and then in office apparently being venal and destructive.

The Strange Case of Dr Jeremy and Mr Hunt

Is it also possible that the lack of breadth insulates Starmer to some degree? i.e. why bother defenestrating only to get another Starmer-type?

Would love to hear who you think will!

I was so sure this was another Musk.

So I'm gonna throw a curveball and say MALCOLM GLADWELL

Maybe I'm crazy, but I feel like replacing the buzzword of "delivery" with "working hard and getting things done" solves most of the problem.

'Delivery' is corporate management talk.