[Tubby Isaacs]

And, from the other side, nationalizing water companies right now. The Government doesn't help itself by quoting bullshit figures for the cost, but hard to see how it's "virtually nothing" or whatever.

The Left right now remind me of the Right when John Major was Prime Minister. Nothing is good enough, because Jez/ Mrs Thatcher would have done it better. Major was unnecessarily grim on public investment, but some of it has aged pretty well (eg the public sector accountability stuff, like the derided Citizens' Charter).

[Boiler]

Comments on the changes to driving rules are predictable...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y ... o#comments

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Meanwhile, one from the gin and Jag set (assuming it's not sarcasm, of course);

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[The Weeping Angel]

Or it will be Labour is just tinkering around the edge instead of solving Britain's problems.

That one particularly bugs me. Why don’t the Government shell out a load of money on everything right now?

I suppose it comes about in part because of a strong sense of declineism among the online political types. The sense that only radical action is needed to reverse Britain's decline, and nothing less will do. A good example is someone on Bluesky saying Labour should abolish the Treasury, as Treasury brain is holding Britain back.