Mr. John McGeady:

I will come in on the question of anxiety and fear. Rapid change raises anxiety among people. We will see more of that with the increased global instability on the economic front and increased global conflict. Very often when people face massive rapid change they did not see coming and that is totally new to them, their response is to freeze or, as we have seen in politics in some areas, to devolve to a reactionary stance and a belief we can just go back to the way things were. Politics is ultimately about guiding and navigating our way into the future. When it comes to building hope, it is important to note that action generates hope. Having Government take the bit and make the policy changes required and seeing incremental change and, more than that, radical change will give people the hope and buoyancy that will generate further change. That is my view. I am not a psychotherapist so I cannot speak on an evidential basis but that makes sense to me.