Williams writes that UK prices are rising while average wages stagnate, and uses a failed claw-machine game as a metaphor for an economy she sees as rigged.
In a Guardian opinion piece published Oct. 26, 2026, Williams describes a game in which a player pays £1 for a chance to win a toy worth less than the fee, but leaves without a prize. The game’s repeated failure represents an economy Williams sees as “rigged,” where wages are not keeping pace with prices.
Williams argues that the imbalance should be challenged and uses the game’s dispenser as a symbol of the broader economic problem.
