135 Days – What next?

Over the last 135 days I have posted prolifically on politics, my thoughts and questions associated with it. Now I'm gonna take a break, I'd love to hear from anyone who found what I did interesting or useful. I may return with more, potential topics - may include - a series of "Did you Know?', covering things like how you interact with a policeman and how they must interact with you, things you can and cant say etc.

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Let’s Rethink Population Growth – Someone else agrees

Yet another of my little posts has been confirmed by a reputable organisation. This time it was my look and thoughts on Population Growth and the true cause being financial insecurity and housing costs. The resolution foundation today released a report which agreed with my observations - Key findings There is a large and growing fertility gap. Despite falling birth rates, preferences for family size have remained…

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Lets’ Rethink Housing – I’m not alone

So as part of my Let's Rethink series I had a ponder about the UK Housing market and what is causing it to stagnate, at the end of that I proposed the invention of a new investment vehicle to help drive building and increase the housing stock. Today (1st April 2026), the Government announced the National Housing Bank - I have checked and it wasn't an April Fools joke.

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Let's Rethink The Lords: Unbundling The Lords
No verdict.
No silver bullet.
Just clearer choices than we had before.
#LetsRethink #Democracy #UKGovernance

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/lets-rethink-the-lords-unbundling-the-lords/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Let's Rethink The Lords: The Impossible Trade-off
If we designed the Lords now, what would it reasonably be?
Not tradition. Not slogans. Just options and trade-offs.
#LetsRethink #HouseOfLordsReform #UKPolitics

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/03/29/lets-rethink-the-lords-the-impossible-trade-off/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Let's Rethink The Lords: The Experts Bench
Not technocracy.
Not control.
Just people who remember how things actually work.
#LetsRethink #PublicInstitutions #PolicyDesign

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/03/28/lets-rethink-the-lords-the-experts-bench/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Let's Rethink The Lords: Parliament's Memory Bank
Long systems.
Short politics.
Somewhere along the way, the Lords absorbed the gap.
#LetsRethink #InstitutionalMemory #UKPolitics

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/lets-rethink-the-lords-parliaments-memory-bank/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Ethics isn’t the only thing the Lords has absorbed by default.
Expertise and memory went there too — quietly.
That matters.
#LetsRethink #HouseOfLords #Governance

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/lets-rethink-the-lords-ethics-the-unspoken-burden/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

This isn’t uncharted territory.
Other countries split these roles deliberately — we just… didn’t.
#LetsRethink #ComparativePolitics #Democracy

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/lets-rethink-the-lords-international-models/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Good ideas don’t fail because they’re evil.
They fail because no one asked how they break.
Let’s do that part properly.
#LetsRethink #PolicyDesign #UKPolitics

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