A switchback route to an uncertain future.
There is something in the nature of progress that means it never adopts the straight line approach advocated by the average crow, preferring instead three steps back, one to either side and a periodic return to its People speak of progress marching on, as if it a clear road with minimal obstacles. The reality is every development, for every improvement, there is pulling back change and impeding progress, than in the lives of the UK's older people.