The UK needs a migration policy that serves the needs of the country, everyone in it, and people who want to come here. Is that
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Are the UK’s universities failing financially?
Forty per cent of the UK’s universities are now running deficits. Next year, it is expected that 75% will. How long is it before some
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Who is really screwing us?
Who is exploiting us? Large companies, banks, and landlords are, and not the people our politicians love to blame. This is the audio version: This
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Trump is seeking to sanitise the USA of left-wing thought. When will that happen here?
Trump’s fascist agenda continues to progress. There were more signs over the weekend. First, there was discussion of a 100 per cent tariff on foreign-made
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Pandering to Reform is no way to run a country
In Australia, Labor won the general election this weekend by opposing anything that looked vaguely aligned with the thinking of Trump. Mark Carney did the
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The Bank of England, teacher training and the failure of sixth form economics
The Bank of England put out this breathy press release yesterday: The related information is here. The claim is that: Economics is currently offered as
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Craving the dopamine hits that Wes Streeting is dedicated to providing
I cannot help but note this report from The Guardian yesterday: Consuming large amounts of ultra-processed food (UPF) increases the risk of an early death,
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Saving the NHS
There has been much discussion here of the NHS and the problems it faces. Let me offer another Aldous Huxley quote to add to the
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We are living in a fucked up world
As the Guardian notes: A third of school staff have seen “physical underdevelopment” in students due to poverty, with schools in England stretching their budgets
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