Congratulations!

Friends and family of officers named Robert or Roberta, possibly?

This happened to me too! The autocorrect monkey’s paw.

I’ve actually been wondering since your piece the other day if this isn’t a big part of the explanation for the current state of politics.

People feel isolated from one another but aren’t consciously aware of why, and the old hits are the best when it comes to scapegoating.

I mean, I wouldn’t bank on me being right!

I have a pretty good track record of making overly optimistic predictions right before things get worse than I ever thought they could.

This is what I suspect too. In fact I’m wondering if this shift in right-wing circles towards supercilious natalism is something of an extinction burst for various regressive attitudes.

Might be wishful thinking.

It’s true, but I guess I was thinking as the bulk of this cohort gets closer to needing social care we might see more support for, say, NI rises (that they don’t pay), or inheritance tax (that their children will pay) to fund it.

Just hard to believe they would be so self-destructive. Unless the quick reversal is on attitudes to taxation?

Given we have a politically powerful demographic bulge making its way toward needing social care en masse, do you think this state of denial is going to last long? Or could there be a quick reversal in attitudes towards, for instance, social care visas?

I mean, it’s also because the average house price in my childhood village has ballooned to well over ten times my current salary, but I agree with the sentiment 😅

I might need to look into this again then. Better start now if I have a chance of getting it before the next election 😬

How long did this take you? My brothers and I worked out we were *probably* entitled to it, but the process seemed pretty daunting.