I mean, for those with a vote at the very least, how about ensuring he doesn’t make it to Downing Street? Nothing’s inevitable in life.

That must have been horrifying to go through - so sorry to hear that. The fact that the hostile environment seems to persist, whatever changes there might be in government, remains deeply troubling.

Oh indeed. Have had similar thoughts in such a direction. Bon chance with IGF today 😊

Which is exactly what this reminded me of…

I suppose the policies aren’t really for the people that will be affected by them, who are undoubtedly fleeing far worse than whatever shade of UKgov manages to throw at them. The policies aren’t only really there as symbols and indicators.

Didn’t even spot that - even madder!

As is doing *anything* in the US this decade.

Some of us. Not all of us though 😉

Lol, like you’d just stand there casually holding something that was on fire!

War is peace. Freedom is slavery, etc, etc.

Got to say, these people are such mad losers!

Good God, did anyone actually watch that back after editing it together?? 😂😂

An astonishingly naive view to suggest that technology has NO negative consequences!

Special place, even - grr, typos!

Ah, so one to watch then…

Vielen danke’

Subtly unmindful of a humblebrag, such are my mixed feelings about flying now. Still, Berlin awaits, which wears its history so much on the outside that that podcast set me up perfectly.

Suspect McEwan will be proved right once he too is a ghost - we humans will muddle through more catastrophes.

Gosh, that was a fascinating conversation to listen in on. Stopped me from entering an airport terminal while it played out in full.