> worries me... the appetite seems to be for sweeping measures. Yes that is concerning. Desperate voters will follow any crazy with bold promises. > I think t

> worries me... the appetite seems to be for sweeping measures. Yes that is concerning. Desperate voters will follow any crazy with bold promises. > I think there is a lot of room for incremental improvement in the UK Way I see it, I've lived through about 30-40 years of decremental decline, so if we started "incremental improvement" tomorrow, we'd be back where I started in the 1970s just by the time I die. I suppose that's better than watching ones country decline through all your life, like for Russians. Or disintegrate, as for ex-Yugoslavians for example. However, in the era of climate crisis, and myriad other threats, a sense of urgency is in the air which we cannot ignore. Unless rational and courageous minds take the lead someone else will. > the dull work of growing in competence. Knowing where to even start... how to counter the conditions that are causing us to lose competence... we need to plug the holes in the ship before charting a new course.