Rachel Reeves is set to announce £15.6 billion for transport projects outside London in an attempt to tackle a surge in support for Reform UK.

So, what are we going to do about the state eating everything?

It’s not true that all and everything done by past governments is or has been wrong. Sadly, government can’t even gain a perfect record in that, being wholly and totally wrong always.

Britons could be forced to give details of their jobs, earnings and health status to officials as a slump in responses to surveys undermines Whitehall’s ability to judge the state of the economy.

Sadly, it seems to be those most interested in climate change - in stopping it - who have the hardest time grasping the logic.

Will megafunds really put an extra £6,000 in the average pension? No.

Of course we’re against the Food Foundation. Not just their recommendations on things but upon the very idea that anyone takes note of them.

It appears that the Chancellor’s sums are not adding up - how unlike a real economist that is, eh?

Amis was referring specifically to universities but we can widen this a bit to government involvement in education itself:

People should confront their family members who read news from “nefarious” sources, suggests the environmentalist Mike Berners-Lee.

Despite the frisson we all feel for the straight-talking from the toolmaker’s son.

There are things that are logically true and yet somewhat difficult politically. This is just another of those reasons why we’re not wholly enamoured with politics as a way of running things.