Bunch of the shitwits (great phrase, will reuse) fired some at my wife and a group of 6-7 year olds this afternoon. No one injured but completely agree. It’s horrible for my dogs too

Absolutely though this para struck home: “As I get older, and possibilities begin to close more often than they open… because in your forties, the ratio of opportunity tips against your favour. There are more perfect summer days behind me than ahead of me.” Gulp!

Rather like the responses to this thread in that hopefully whatever the answer is we start it with: which country already does this the closest to what we want and how can we implement and learn from them? Likely to be more efficient and effective. Too often we assume we have to start from scratch

Tech policy is full of imaginaries. Pick a word or phrase ("AI", "digital ID" are two), add the phrase "efficiency" or "investment", and people who are digitally adept but lacking technology development experience will be queuing round the block to write it into a speech or a policy paper.