Zack Polanski issued a Christmas message yesterday that demanded the country solve the problem of small boats crossing the English Channel. But in a hostile environment, which is what we have in the UK, policy detail has to follow pretty quickly, and I am not sure that the Greens yet have that policy framework in place. But unless we name the reason for change and then promote it, showing that it is technically possible, change cannot happen. I think Zack Polanski was talking yesterday about a politics of care. My argument is that we can also have an economics of care to support it, provided we meet the necessary conditions.

Source: New York Times December 26, 2025 20:24 UTC