Deep riches. Credit: skyvegas.com. Public domain.For as far back as I can recall, I have been making things. From Aardman-inspired clay model animations as a child, to music as a teenager and web apps as an adult; creating things has always been “my thing”.
Politics, on the other hand, was never really “my thing” until about seven years ago. In the UK, we had just elected a coalition government and as is usually the case around election time newspapers, TV, workplaces and bars were abuzz with political debate. Everyone was interested, myself included.
At the same time I had recently begun a contract at a rather large, international betting company, working as part of their digital team to deliver creative online gambling solutions. I remember the first day clearly. I was shown around the sprawling open-plan office and introduced from afar to various different departments. One section struck me with some significance because it was described to me as “the team who call up people who’ve not gambled for a while, and try to get them to gamble again”.
