Also look at house prices and rents. Id go as far as claiming that gdp is completely irrelevant for most people at the moment.

Housing crisis? No, not solving that. Economy? No ideas. Environment? Its too complicated to solve. Improving living standards outside the south and London, too ambitious. Ah wait, we can bring down the number of brown people entering by making blunt laws that are inhumane. Cool, lets go with that!

Crazy… and I can’t even begin to comprehend what this means for the science community. I am certainly not attending any conferences in the US any time soon.

No, because just because the US is cruel to foreigners the Uk shouldn’t do the same.

Which is really insane considering that it was clear since the US election that Trump would pull out. These talks should long be done and solutions should be on the battlefield. Dead soldiers dont need satellite images.

Too little, too late

Look up debt to GDP ratio in Germany and UK and prepare for a surprise…

The anti-fascistic firewall is a dilemma. If you dont vote for something just because the right might vote with you - the right is effectively dictating your politics. Merz did not break the firewall. His vote was an unnecessary political stunt though, I agree.