Reform in Kent is going... about as well as you expect (Odds and Ends #76)

Plus the Starship doubters are wrong again. And why are streaming apps so unambitious?

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

Scroll down to find out…

• Why the Starship doubters are wrong again

• Why the Corbyn/Sultana party is going to be… a fiasco

• How it wasn’t the notorious ‘jumping spiders’ that scuppered the new town of Ebbsfleet… sort of

• A YIMBY vs NIMBY debate so annoying, the moderator loses their cool

• An update on how Reform councillors are getting on in Kent…

• A lament about the lack of product innovation in streaming

• And an intriguing – and wildly successful – sporting innovation I hadn’t heard of until this week.

The Abundance Agenda is now on YouTube!

Before we get to the links, a very quick announcement! I’m pleased to say that the podcast I make with Martin Robbins, The Abundance Agenda is finally on YouTube. That’s right – you weird Gen Zs asked for it, so now you can listen to our audio podcast on… a video platform. As that’s apparently what your generation does.

In any case, please subscribe if you can, even if you listen with a normal podcast app, as we’re a bit late to the game and don’t want the numbers to be too embarrassing.

And now, let’s get on with the links!