Young people, like the rest of us, need a chance to make a valued contribution to a Great Endeavour. Given that we are in the early years of an ecological crisis, we already know what that looks like. Private sector is in decline, and wealth is pooling into ever fewer hands ...

On Saturday BBC Radio 4 hosted a debate about the BBC. Its structure was all-too familiar: a Conservative complained that it was too liberal, a Liberal said it wasn't. But another debate is possible.
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Notice the collapse of Reform as the Greens surge. It would be a big mistake to think that Reform vote is rock solid, or can only be won over by Reform-lite pandering. Voters want to hear how their lives will improve, from politicians who don't look scared.

The same day the Guardian wrote up a proposal from 7 UK housebuilders to pay £100mn to "affordable housing schemes." If the government regulator accepts the proposal it "will not have to decide whether the housebuilders broke competition law." theguardian.com/business/202...

On Wednesday the Guardian published two articles. The first, from the Mayor of Manchester, Andy Burnham, argued for a "housing first" approach to addressing public health and welfare. He also stressed the need for public ownership of housing stock. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This book was published in 2023, long after Clegg had joined the Tories in kicking the social contract to bits, so how come it didn't have a chapter on the swinish liberal democrats then? And why does this self-serving dross get 1.3k likes? What the hell is going on here?