Meanwhile the upgrades to transport services in the rest of the country consist of wiping down the rear window on a few buses 🤣

In the case of the UK and utilities, at least, public ownership.

I hate how, over the last 30 years, the burden for people to not be ripped off by companies had shifted to the individual. Why must I use my limited free time and mental capacity to shop around for car insurance, contents insurance, buildings insurance, rail travel, energy suppliers and now vets? To hell with ‘free market capitalism’.

Do plants die of old age though? Now that question has been put in my head, I need to know.

Be back in a bit, going down a rabbit hole.