@Wen meanwhile we get nonsense 'pro-growth/pro-deregulation" government plans like there:

"UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/02/uk-looks-to-relax-planning-rules-for-factory-farms-after-industry-lobbying

and:

"Thames Water ‘close to deal that would spare it new Ofwat fines until 2030’"

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/02/thames-water-close-to-deal-that-would-spare-it-ofwat-fines-until-2030

The shit just keeps coming.

@marjolica

The central flaw in the Labour government programme was its central aim: "growth, growth, growth". This was based on the discredited assumption that improvements in living standards only come out of growth (discredited because for decades growth has demonstrably not contributed to most people's living standards, but accrued to the wealthy).

They also refuse to do what would actually work even in their own terms. The three biggest things that would increase growth in the UK are:
1. Rejoining the EU
2. Increasing immigration
3. Creating demand by injecting spending power into local economies
- and it is because they refuse to take the actions that would really achieve their own stated aims, that they end up in desperate, silly and harmful tinkering with data-centres and proper regulation.

What would a government look like if its central aim was instead: "well-being, well-being, well-being" ?

@Wen