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Gen Z and Millennials have lockdown nostalgia
A recent poll by Opinion Matters found that nearly half of millennials and Gen Z miss the Covid 19 lockdowns.
Let that sink in. More than 40 per cent of young and early-middle-aged people are so dissatisfied with their current lives, they are nostalgic for a time when the nation was under virtual house arrest.
Obviously the reasons are complex but the poll implied that these people preferred the slower pace of life, chances to learn skills and reduced social pressure. Young people are burnt out by the speed and pressure of modern life.
Their jobs and social lives require them to be constantly active online – meaning no respite, no time to oneself, no space to nurture personal growth.
Just constant scrutiny and expectation to keep working for other people, whether in the workplace or outside of it.
It’s little wonder that millennials and Gen Z are embroiled in a mental health crisis. Yearning for the simple certainty of being trapped in a nightmare is testament to that. Sharon, Manchester
Money for roads but not for the most vulnerable
‘The government cares more about roads than people’
Chancellor Rachel Reeves committed £4.8billion towards our road system in the Spring Statement, with £1.6billion already allocated for pothole repairs (Metro, Thu).
Meanwhile another £4.8billion is being cut from social security.
That says it all really, doesn’t it? This government cares more about roads than it does about the people who live around them. The welfare cuts will drive thousands into abject poverty but don’t worry – when they’re sleeping rough, they’ll be sleeping beside newly surfaced roads. Charlie Parrett, Stoke
Reading your ‘Warfare State’ headline and the anger at Labour’s welfare cuts and how 250,000 will be pushed into poverty.
How about they get a job, which is the fastest way to escape poverty and build a better, more satisfying life where work can make you feel valued?
Should the unemployed benefit from benefits?
‘The word “benefits” gives the game away’
I fully support Labour’s cuts and don’t think they go far enough. The system is broken and needs root and branch reform. The word ‘benefits’ gives the game away – you should not ‘benefit’ by not working. Jimmy LC, Ealing
Are NHS waiting lists really shrinking – or are patients being directed to private care?
The government says it will reduce NHS waiting lists. If they do go down, it will probably be because people are being forced to go private. I’m 81 and repeatedly told that I will have to go private for old problems. Amte, Cheltenham
The UK repaid it’s war debt so why let the US call us ‘freeloaders’?
‘Donald Trump and Vance care nothing about the people of Europe’
Why has our timid prime minister not pointed out to US vice president JD Vance that, far from being ‘freeloaders’, Great Britain repaid all the loan with its crippling interest charges given by
the US during World War II.
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It is clear Donald Trump and Vance care nothing about the people of Europe being free from Russian aggression, only how to make vast bucks from minerals. Owen, London
A fitting headline for Trump’s latest endorsement
‘Surely it should have read…’
Metro’s headline on Wednesday, ‘Trump backs chump’ over the US president refusing to condemn his security adviser Mike Waltz leaking military secrets, seems to contain
a typo. Surely it should have read ‘Chump backs chump’! Colin, Bury
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