Explainer: Our misconceptions about housing are so ingrained that councils are blocking new flats for fears of floods in 80 years June 27, 2023 In the latest example of how far the tensions in housing can reach, North Devon Council just refused to approve new flats because they might be victims of flooding in 2105. Which is in more than eighty years. The flats wouldn’t even need to be built; we’re talking about empty floors above a former hairdresser’s [...]
Want to see how changed the UK is? Look at how City staff treat their nannies June 27, 2023 City workers are further and further away from the people who help look after their children.
Let’s all hand our cash over to the Treasury to pay off UK’s £2.5 trillion debt pile (not) June 27, 2023 Here’s a fun fact. If everyone in the UK worked for a year and gave all their earnings to the Treasury, the government could nearly repay the country’s more than £2.5 trillion debt pile. Alright, that’s oversimplifying the equation. But it does illustrate a principle in economics that often gets lost in the deluge of [...]
Braverman needs to deal in reality and green light drugs testing at UK festivals June 27, 2023 The lack of on-site drug testing at festivals this summer could have harmful consequences. It's part of a broader problem: the Home Office's "war on drugs" rhetoric is unrealistic, writes Elena Siniscalco
Even if Putin is ousted, it is unlikely to bring about the end of the war in Ukraine June 27, 2023 The Prigozhin mutiny over the weekend showed a weakened Vladimir Putin, yet it's unlikely to change the course of the war in Ukraine - which has long turned into a stalemate, writes John Hulsman
The Scottish Nationals may never be able to recover Sturgeon’s lost ground June 26, 2023 The Scottish Nationals have let their party fall into a slump recently, and still have too many questions to answer about how the independence they want would look like, writes Eliot Wilson
Waitrose woman? Who needs her. We’ve got gamer dads driving an industry boom June 26, 2023 The slightly shameful stereotype of a lone gamer in his mum’s house has transformed into a 35-year-old middle class dad, giving rise to a rebirth of the industry, writes Dominic Grounsell
We used to overlook tourism in the City, now it must become the key to its recovery June 26, 2023 Can we make the City more than just the business district of London?
Explainer: The weird hobbies of the mega rich June 23, 2023 The Titan submarine’s story kept the world gripped this week, until the tragic announcement of loss of life put an end to the rescue missions. The story is not over yet, with many questions still to be asked about how the submersible was made, how safe it was, and how a dangerous space like that [...]
Doling out more debt to developing countries won’t help without giving them a global voice June 23, 2023 Can we stop burying countries at risk of climate change in more debt?