<story><title>Why did 250k Britons die sooner than expected?</title><url>https://www.economist.com/interactive/britain/2023/03/09/why-did-250000-britons-die-sooner-than-expected</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>neonate</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.ph&amp;#x2F;FR0eY&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.ph&amp;#x2F;FR0eY&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Why did 250k Britons die sooner than expected?</title><url>https://www.economist.com/interactive/britain/2023/03/09/why-did-250000-britons-die-sooner-than-expected</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>krysp</author><text>As a Brit I can&amp;#x27;t help but notice that on every axis, our country appears to be in decline at the moment. Even before Brexit, things hadn&amp;#x27;t been going well, as this article shows. It&amp;#x27;s making me seriously consider moving away.&lt;p&gt;I want to have hope that as a country we can turn around this societal regression, but I fear it&amp;#x27;s a deeper problem than just the current government. The class system and an unhealthy nostalgia for when we were more important in the world seem to be holding us back.</text></comment>