It just straightforwardly *insane* how much political chatter in the United Kingdom is about the next general election, an event that is a long way in the future, and how basically none of it is about 'uh, this policy agenda doesn't look adequate to the scale of the inherited problem'.

Can't even have a car boot sale now because woke

These days it's lime bike front basket sale

If you own a car you are spiritually suburban

Megaprojects like high speed rail or nuclear power should be commissioned and funded on a rolling annual basis, not a per-project basis. Spin up your High Speed Department and give them £10bn a year to build railways until you say stop.