We are confronted with the same problems that our octogenarian leaders promised to deal half a lifetime ago. More relevant to the current post-1999 dispensation, the problems that the winners of next month’s elections are promising to solve haven’t changed much. This particular Groundhog Day has worsened by the economy growing slower than at any other time since 1999. The solutions are the kind that will end our groundhog day. We are tired of the groundhog day but it clearly favours our ruling class.

Source: The Guardian January 22, 2019 05:03 UTC