NatWest online banking and Cora your friendly (but dumb) digital assistant

accountants rule

The only problem with that is the pub, shop, post office and bank all closed because those 400 people didn't use them enough to make them financially viable.

Go to many villages and there will often be community shops/pubs run mainly on a volunteer basis that are struggling to be open for more than a few hours a day because of a lack of custom.

Even in fairly remote areas one of the large supermarkets will deliver. Cash is becoming less important and most day to day banking can be accomplished on-line. Cash-back in shops is common if spending on a card. You can buy your postage on-line and print the label with the code yourself. You can now arrange collection from Royal Mail.

Yeah I know that. My point was rather that sometimes it makes no sense asking people what they want - you ask them whether thwy want the climate issue solved (presupposing that there is one and it can be solved), they say "Yes". Then ask them to give up their cars and they won't. Neither do thay want the pylons. Put them somewhere else.