And a concerted attempt by sinister forces to wreck our democracy. The sooner we accept it’s under attack the better

They are doling out at least 3 resignation demands a week right now

Modern news only survives online by creating outrage to feed the algorithms - and anti-Govt content is what they want to feast on. So the idea that any budget is going to be warmly received is fanciful - so you may as well do the right thing however painful because you’ll be monstered anyway.

So you have a media whose business model is chained to outrage and political parties who have adopted catastrophising as a strategy (their engagement goes up with it too) - it’s a perfect storm for democracy regardless of what’s in the budget. Maybe doing the right thing is best in that case…

It was a crazy thing to do, but how much worse can it get? We live in a news environment which is now structured entirely around outrage, the only way to get clicks and survive as a media organisation online is to trigger people. Doesn’t matter what you do, the most negative takes will be taken.

This country's politicians are going completely mental. Turn off the phones!

Has Lineker or Neville messaged him saying “stick to politics” yet?

This week has really exposed the bad faith, ultra-online, clicks-obsessed generation of politicians and commentators.

Finding a way to get them off their phones is crucial to democracy’s survival