Yeah, exactly this. It's really notable how it's acted like a virus. Formally pretty progressive people suddenly Very Concerned about asylum

If you wanted degradation across a season, then Homeland 1 might be a candidate

Ultimately the minimum wage is a brilliant tool, but it can’t compensate for “we haven’t built any housing”, “we have cut cash transfers to the bone” and “all the third spaces have been cut to pay for social care”.

Imagine climate discourse that followed this logic:

"CO2 emissions must fall. Otherwise the chemistry of the atmosphere will change, trapping more heat, and wrecking the climate"

"WHO ELECTED ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY!?"

Yes, governments face constraints that aren't democratic. They're still real!

In a time of high inflation aren't spending multipliers a problem rather than a solution?

Just as a basic point of fact, Nick Clegg, the most globalist centrist you could possibly meet, knew full well that the referendum was not winnable and had privately resolved that he therefore had to make it a veto to continuing the coalition years before Brexit and the 2015 election.

This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.

Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.

The next step is clearly to see which Batman has the greatest impact. Do people give up their seat more readily if the costume evokes comedic Adam West Batman, emo Robert Pattinson Batman, roid bro Batflek, the Bale/Nolan version, or whatever Schumacher was up to with all that leather?

I just enjoy pretending I'm in an Imperial base every time I get the tube from Canary Wharf