Perfectly happy to accept my experience may not be common! But if used in the context of things like government policy (rather than food) it is neutral at best isn’t it? Closely related to a hodgepodge.

(It’s a British tradition to do this type of language corruption thing - see caravan, Pyjama, etc)

Thanks, this actually made me laugh. But I think in British use has corrupted it, and it has come to mean a collection of small / moderate items that add up to be incoherent or underwhelming. Sorry Sweden!

Or the cost of raising the child - £26.05/wk (the benefit amount) is just enough to pay for 2 days of after school club for my child. The other days of child care, ALL their food, ALL the clothes, the larger house, extra travel cost. toys, etc all exceed the benefit

Circumstances change. There are nearly 19 years between conception and end of childhood. Divorce, illness, etc are rarely expected when kids are conceived. And even if the parents were reckless you cannot punish the kids for being born! No-one has a kid to claim benefits extra benefits.

I should add I am making no assumptions about his immigration status, whether he proscribes any religion or his political/social views.

I agree with your frustrations but worth considering that EVs are bigger as they need space for the batteries. So this would be (in part) a green vehicle tax

The there’s the generational divide over the meaning of “slut”. Having to explain to my Boomer mum that she shouldn’t call my messy sister one and why was a memorable conversation!

Is this the average a person would pay/recieve or the average society pays/receives? The latter suggesting weighting for size of population in each category - it will make a big difference as there aren’t many 90+ people.

Also possible to phrase as “lots of Reform backs don’t actually know Reform’s policies”?

I know, I know. But his defence and later claim was skin colour as a proxy for general uniformity: “We all want mixed communities”. The stats show he doesn’t see Indian, Pakistani, Caribbean, African, etc as mixed cultures. Ie only white/non white matters.

In case there is any doubt, Handsworth’s ethnic mix is 25% Pakistani, 23% Indian, 10% Bangladeshi, 9% white, 8% black Caribbean, 8% Black African (and some other groups) - ignoring skin colour that is incredibly diverse (culture, religion, etc). So he *must* be meaning non-white skin colour.