Why we need to Make Britain Rich Again (Odds and Ends #82)

Plus the problem with A House of Dynamite, and why an AI bubble might be good, actually

The ‘Aztec Calendar’ that is neither Aztec, nor a calendar – which I saw in real life last weekend.

POD! A fun episode of The Abundance Agenda this week as Martin convinces me that we really should dig a tunnel to the Isle of Wight. Plus, we speak to our pal Ed Jennings from Kent Current about a maddening battery storage battle, and how Reform is doing in Kent on Abundance-adjacent issues. Go have a listen!

CATCH UP! Don’t forget to check out my autumn mailbag post. I hope it wasn’t my answer to “What are the top three things you think Labour should do to get out of the pickle they’re in?” which has led to the current Labour leadership drama…

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Hello! It’s time for Odds and Ends, a semi-regular round-up of the most interesting links I’ve seen, plus some shorter takes.

I’m still on holiday this week, and I’m sure I will cook up some sort of blazing hot take about Mexico in due course, but in the meantime, here’s some fun stuff, including:

• A genuinely fist-in-the-air, righteous speech about why growth is so important

• Why I found A House of Dynamite a frustrating film

• Even if AI is a bubble… what if that bubble is a good thing?

• How NIMBY activists have weaponised AI

• And finally, someone other than me is sticking up for Big Supermarket!

Now let’s get started!