It's concerning how the revealed preference of voters is that states exist to provide health care and old age benefits. And maybe if there's some spare change we can have some armed folks in matching clothes.

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I dislike it too, but TBH it’s a standard cycle of something being new and fresh and exciting, then people get used to it and start to forget that first high and suddenly it feels stale and something ELSE is new and exciting. People have this pattern with everything—including other people.

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The big, big self-delusion at the heart of almost everything Labour is doing wrong is that through some old-time Labour economics you can avoid having an electoral coalition that looks a lot like 'Labour in 2024, Australian Labor in 2025, the Canadian Liberals in 2025' or indeed 'Harris in 2024'.

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Ultimately every statement about immigrants, laudatory or critical, is only as true as it is about people. The UK runs a deficit so *most people* are net beneficiaries just by definition! Our tax system is really lopsided so most people are net beneficiaries!

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"How far will you go?" "Just watch me" is quite possibly the most succinct summary of Canadian Liberalism (both small- and capital-L) in history.

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