The best modern western.
Are these abominations really worse for those of us with astigmatism? I never knew.
The “they’re all the same” lot have just had their view confirmed, even though the scale and duration of the problems are totally different.
It’s just worth remembering what the stakes actually are, eg becoming Argentina. I’m not sure most Brits have a sense of what we have to lose if we are not careful.
Yes, Britain is poorer than we expect - and this is really very grim. And our expectations of taxes vs services are well out of whack. There have been huge policy failures. But things are much, much worse elsewhere, by clear objective measures.
I mean, things are bad but they are not utterly horrible, in any objective sense. This is a similar error that lay behind parts of Brexit: the idea that there is not another level to which we can descend. There are many other levels.
There were many voters who thought we would leave the EU the day after the vote. If you don’t think much about politics then it’s easy to have timescales that are completely off.
They called antisemitism “the socialism of fools” back in the 19th century for a reason.
Giving benefits to elderly millionaires is more popular than feeding poor children, stay classy Britain.
The whole welfare state is directed towards lengthening the lives of people who vote to destroy it.