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A headline suggesting that failure is what Britain really needs.
A post showing that the UK media are already saying that Burnham is on his way out as PM, when he doesn't even start until tomorrow.
A post by The Spectator showing its readiness to use slurs and ad hominem attacks but not to cite facts or analysis.
Blair arguing that taxing the wealthy (capital gains) at the same rate as earnings would harm the economy.
A graph showing 40 years of economic decline
As waiting lists get high, the economy suffers
A picture of Andy Burnham
How the far-right will seek to undermine a Burnham government, and how he should tackle the threat
A graph showing the UK's declining economic growth since the 1980s.
A table from the OECD that shows that 7.7% of GDP is less than France, Austria, Spain, Germany, etc already spend today
The BBC's political editor appearing to suggest that NOT politicising the death of Henry Novak, as his family wished (and as all parties other than Reform did) is a political stunt.
The parliamentary event on Defensive Constitutional Reform
Tony Blair's article calling on Labour to abandon tackling climate change and support Trump
An image of Trump bending the knee to a man.
A graph showing that CAPE is not far off all-time highs
Trump, Musk and Farage
Commonwealth Fund rankings of developed healthcare systems in the early 2010s
The strait of Hormuz
Alan Turing
An image of the Chancellor and the Prime Minister
The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves
Hannah Spencer, MP for Gorton and Denton
The Bank of England
Sir Keir Starmer
The Jan 6 insurrection
John Maynard Keynes
An Image of the Chancellor with her red box
An image of the Chancellor, with a space for you to imagine your own face.
Trump wearing a Make Argentina Great Again hat.
An image of a man and a woman in bed. Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash
Trump with a MAGA cap saying Make Argentina Great Again
Men boarding up shop fronts to protect against violence.
Alternative futures for the UK
Our country faces serious challenges: safeguarding democracy; fixing the economy to tackle the cost-of living crisis; and rebuilding the NHS.
The Houses of Parliament
A post from the chairman of Reform, showing his attitude to human rights.
How US growth correlates with the top rates of tax
Top 1% share of total wealth
UK growth since 1900
Definition of a taboo
A diagram showing how accepting the taboos leads to failure
A diagram showing how accepting the taboos leads to failure
The definition of 'taboo'
An image representing key areas where national renewal is needed: environment, NHS and poverty
The government's 10-year plan for the NHS in England
A statue of Liberty covering her face with her hands
The Treasury: one of the institutions which needs rewiring
A chart showing the long-term economic decline in the UK
Briefing MPs in the Palace of Westminster
An orange and a lettuce
Launch of The Rational Policy-maker's Guide to Rebuilding the NHS in Parliament
Badenoch, Starmer and Farage
A Tweet by Elon Musk using the phrase "woke mind parasite"
Parliamentary Launch of The Rational Policy-Maker’s Guide to Rebuilding the NHS
A picture of doctors and nurses resting in a corridor
A scene in Portugal
Putin looking very pleased with Trump
A multitude of small fish eating a shark.
Green growth
A picture of the HMRC head office