UK politics - and that in many other countries - is stuck in this cycle of hyperbole / denial about what is possible, and lacks serious debate about what can actually be achieved by governments. And talk of "chainsaws" is just pathetic.

Is the media and political sphere being run by a few Oxford grads rotting public discourse? Who can say. But perhaps a think tank recommending cutting disabled people’s benefits without bothering to understand the benefit might point to some of the country’s current problems.

The paws!