Do you remember Rachel Reeves and issues as mundane as how badly she is managing the UK economy? I almost look on moaning about such things with a slight sense of nostalgia. Except we have, of course, to still worry about such things. But let's not pretend there is benevolent government going on here in the UK, because there is not. We are a long way from being out of a mess of our own creation, in other words.

Source: The Guardian January 20, 2026 12:21 UTC