Had something like that keep wearing hard soled working boots the steel toe capped type are best. Very painful and hard to shift it boots keep the foot straight and minimizes bending the foot.
Not a chance in hell. UK too slow off the mark as usual plants will have to be built to accommodate ev battery production either that or they will have to be imported. The large carbon flake required is mostly still in the ground and it's the Chinese that are well ahead. See ACP its all there as a classic example.
Sentiment has been suppressed worldwide in everything you look at. The light is at the end of the tunnel and a 'feel better' factor has probably truly arrived. Fully expect things to go on from here, dips maybe small and short lived. Many may get caught out. Me ? I'm holding. All in my humble opinion.