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This was a Budget born of political and intellectual weakness, not strength
Labour has to realise that moving the pieces on the board is not e enough. Affluence is essential for social democracy. And there isn't a plan to create it.
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Labour has to realise that moving the pieces on the board is not e enough. Affluence is essential for social democracy. And there isn't a plan to create it.
Latest from me 👇
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A budget born of weakness, not of strength
Labour needs affluence to remake society. Yet it seems curiously uninterested in creating it.
substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This was a Budget born of political and intellectual weakness, not strength
Labour has to realise that moving the pieces on the board is not e enough. Affluence is essential for social democracy. And there isn't a plan to create it.
Latest from me 👇
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Labour has to realise that moving the pieces on the board is not e enough. Affluence is essential for social democracy. And there isn't a plan to create it.
Latest from me 👇
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Reform UK’s energy plans crumble under scrutiny
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
@brianmchugh.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
@brianmchugh.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Reform UK’s energy plans crumble under scrutiny
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Reform UK’s energy plans crumble under scrutiny
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
@brianmchugh.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
@brianmchugh.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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It’s the BBC v Trump, Farage and co. Who in their right mind would want to be its new boss? | Marina Hyde
It’s the BBC v Trump, Farage and co. Who in their right mind would want to be its new boss? | Marina Hyde
Public life is a minefield and the best and brightest just don’t want to know. How convenient for foes of the most trusted news organisation in the world, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It’s the BBC v Trump, Farage and co. Who in their right mind would want to be its new boss? | Marina Hyde
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“Researchers who study the misdeeds of authoritarian governments are almost always under threat.” In a guest essay, Laura Murphy argues that “democratic governments need to build a fortress around academic freedom”
A human-rights researcher on why she pushed back when China bullied her university
Democratic governments must resist authoritarian states trying to co-opt their institutions, writes Laura Murphy
econ.st
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Researchers who study the misdeeds of authoritarian governments are almost always under threat.” In a guest essay, Laura Murphy argues that “democratic governments need to build a fortress around academic freedom”
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UK stops sharing some intel with US over Trump’s ‘drug boat’ strikes in Caribbean: report
UK stops sharing some intel with US over Trump’s ‘drug boat’ strikes: report
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
UK stops sharing some intel with US over Trump’s ‘drug boat’ strikes in Caribbean: report
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The time of the superhero is over. In the third decade of the 21st century, we like our entertainment considerably darker, writes James Oliver.
We live in the age of horror
The time of the superhero is over. In the third decade of the 21st century, we like our entertainment considerably darker
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The time of the superhero is over. In the third decade of the 21st century, we like our entertainment considerably darker, writes James Oliver.
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Overcrowding is leading to a higher churn of prisoners and increased administrative burden on inexperienced staff, warns the chief inspector of prisons in Britain
Britain’s overstretched prisons are releasing inmates by mistake
The release of a convicted sex offender is a particularly egregious example
econ.st
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Overcrowding is leading to a higher churn of prisoners and increased administrative burden on inexperienced staff, warns the chief inspector of prisons in Britain
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Lubov Chernukhin, wife of the Russian president’s one-time finance minister Vladimir, certainly takes an interest in her adoptive British homeland. In a decade up to the last election she gave more than £2m to the Tory party.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Lubov Chernukhin, wife of the Russian president’s one-time finance minister Vladimir, certainly takes an interest in her adoptive British homeland. In a decade up to the last election she gave more than £2m to the Tory party.
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Experts consider ‘targeted’ prostate cancer screening to reduce UK deaths
Experts consider ‘targeted’ prostate cancer screening to reduce UK deaths
New study found screening can reduce deaths by 13% but that overdiagnosis and subsequent overtreatment remain concerns
Prostate cancer screening can reduce deaths by 13%, a study suggests.
Cancer screening experts are assessing whether the UK should introduce a screening programme for prostate cancer, with a decision expected before the end of the year. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Experts consider ‘targeted’ prostate cancer screening to reduce UK deaths
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My latest post analyses the potential criminal liability in the UK of AI companies in light of the August report from Anthropic that its generative AI tool Claude has been used by hackers to commit cybercrimes. TL;DR: s3A CMA is a problem. open.substack.com/pub/issuesin...
New Hacking Tools: AI and Criminal Liability
Are AI companies breaking UK law by offering tools which help hackers commit cybercrime offences?
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
My latest post analyses the potential criminal liability in the UK of AI companies in light of the August report from Anthropic that its generative AI tool Claude has been used by hackers to commit cybercrimes. TL;DR: s3A CMA is a problem. open.substack.com/pub/issuesin...
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It’s Badenoch’s Tory show, 2025: like Britain seeing an old flame and remembering why we blocked their number | Frances Ryan
It’s Badenoch’s Tory show, 2025: like Britain seeing an old flame and remembering why we blocked their number | Frances Ryan
The conference offers a flailing leader, Trumpite policies and rivals jockying for position. It is comical, but also worrying, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It’s Badenoch’s Tory show, 2025: like Britain seeing an old flame and remembering why we blocked their number | Frances Ryan
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This whole obsession with "too many people going to uni" is such a classic example of the parochialism of UK policymaking. No one bothers to ask why the % here is lower than in most other developed countries or whether that might be relevant.
October 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This whole obsession with "too many people going to uni" is such a classic example of the parochialism of UK policymaking. No one bothers to ask why the % here is lower than in most other developed countries or whether that might be relevant.
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🗣️ After the US president linked autism and paracetamol, the world’s leading expert on the condition explains why his comments are worrying
September 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🗣️ After the US president linked autism and paracetamol, the world’s leading expert on the condition explains why his comments are worrying
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Tax-free shopping could unlock billions, generate thousands of jobs, and restore the UK’s tourism edge.
The tourist tax is costing Britain
www.newstatesman.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Tax-free shopping could unlock billions, generate thousands of jobs, and restore the UK’s tourism edge.
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This is excellent - entertaining and illuminating (yes I’m biased as James is my student but it is brilliant, give it a read!)
Why does increased liberalism in society NOT lead to election wins for socially liberal parties?
Big question, complicated answer.
I’ve assembled crack team of experts whose quotes and catchphrases show why:
- Marty McFly
- Roddy Piper
- Grandpa Simpson
- The Rock
- Breaking Bad's Mike
Big question, complicated answer.
I’ve assembled crack team of experts whose quotes and catchphrases show why:
- Marty McFly
- Roddy Piper
- Grandpa Simpson
- The Rock
- Breaking Bad's Mike
Why Increased Liberalism In Society Does Not Mean Culturally Liberal Parties Win Elections
Marty McFly, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Grandpa Abe Simpson, The Rock and Mike from Breaking Bad explain it all...
jamesbreckwoldt.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is excellent - entertaining and illuminating (yes I’m biased as James is my student but it is brilliant, give it a read!)
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🇺🇦 Kyiv is recruiting women and foreign fighters and protecting the ones it already has.
Mala, 44, has three children, earrings with Ukraine’s coat of arms, red nails and pink lips.
She does things many men would never dare.
Mala, 44, has three children, earrings with Ukraine’s coat of arms, red nails and pink lips.
She does things many men would never dare.
August 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🇺🇦 Kyiv is recruiting women and foreign fighters and protecting the ones it already has.
Mala, 44, has three children, earrings with Ukraine’s coat of arms, red nails and pink lips.
She does things many men would never dare.
Mala, 44, has three children, earrings with Ukraine’s coat of arms, red nails and pink lips.
She does things many men would never dare.
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Men on average take home 14% more five years after leaving university, according to FT analysis: www.ft.com/content/cb0e...
August 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Men on average take home 14% more five years after leaving university, according to FT analysis: www.ft.com/content/cb0e...
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She wrote a memoir of her tough upbringing in Manchester that became a bestseller. Then, her much-anticipated second book never came.
What happened to Andrea Ashworth?
@davidmbarnett.bsky.social tracked her down to find out.
manchestermill.co.uk/andrea-ashwo...
What happened to Andrea Ashworth?
@davidmbarnett.bsky.social tracked her down to find out.
manchestermill.co.uk/andrea-ashwo...
Andrea Ashworth wrote a classic of Mancunian literature. Why did she vanish from view?
My search for the author of ‘Once in a House on Fire’ led to the other side of the world - and to a tantalising revelation
manchestermill.co.uk
August 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
She wrote a memoir of her tough upbringing in Manchester that became a bestseller. Then, her much-anticipated second book never came.
What happened to Andrea Ashworth?
@davidmbarnett.bsky.social tracked her down to find out.
manchestermill.co.uk/andrea-ashwo...
What happened to Andrea Ashworth?
@davidmbarnett.bsky.social tracked her down to find out.
manchestermill.co.uk/andrea-ashwo...
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Opinion: Sensing when something is too good to be true is a life skill and in all likelihood, life for the US president goes downhill from here, writes Janan Ganesh on.ft.com/45Emm24
August 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Opinion: Sensing when something is too good to be true is a life skill and in all likelihood, life for the US president goes downhill from here, writes Janan Ganesh on.ft.com/45Emm24
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Woman arrested after dissing cop ex-partner on Facebook www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Met arrested woman after Facebook posts about ex-partner – a serving officer
London force sent three officers at 4.45am, who put her in the back of a van and seized her phone and computer
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Woman arrested after dissing cop ex-partner on Facebook www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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‘Children are entering a hellscape’: the terrifying film about grieving parents taking on social media giants
‘Children are entering a hellscape’: the terrifying film about grieving parents taking on social media giants
Sextortion, suicide scenarios, unwanted sexual advances – all this and more is served up to teens on their phones. Can’t Look Away tells a devastating story of bereft parents trying to hold the likes of Snapchat to account
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
‘Children are entering a hellscape’: the terrifying film about grieving parents taking on social media giants
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"If there is an Us vs Them, it’s with 𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴."
"One man said: Atheists have had their way and look what’s happened to the country."
@luketryl.bsky.social shares fascinating focus group insights on religion across the UK.
"One man said: Atheists have had their way and look what’s happened to the country."
@luketryl.bsky.social shares fascinating focus group insights on religion across the UK.
August 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
"If there is an Us vs Them, it’s with 𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴."
"One man said: Atheists have had their way and look what’s happened to the country."
@luketryl.bsky.social shares fascinating focus group insights on religion across the UK.
"One man said: Atheists have had their way and look what’s happened to the country."
@luketryl.bsky.social shares fascinating focus group insights on religion across the UK.
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🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
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The idea of a country being primarily run by people who have never been elected would risk being a complete mess in terms of accountability and scrutiny. I’d be pretty surprised if this happened.
July 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The idea of a country being primarily run by people who have never been elected would risk being a complete mess in terms of accountability and scrutiny. I’d be pretty surprised if this happened.
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Votes at 16 work – Cymru shows young people are ready, but real engagement needs support, not scepticism
✍️ Neil Schofield-Hughes
@neilschofield.bsky.social
✍️ Neil Schofield-Hughes
@neilschofield.bsky.social
Votes at 16 – what has the experience been in Cymru?
Votes at 16 work – Cymru shows young people are ready, but real engagement needs support, not scepticism
bylines.cymru
July 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Votes at 16 work – Cymru shows young people are ready, but real engagement needs support, not scepticism
✍️ Neil Schofield-Hughes
@neilschofield.bsky.social
✍️ Neil Schofield-Hughes
@neilschofield.bsky.social