Funding the Future

The Guardian reported this yesterday evening:

Hackers have forced the temperature of many French supermarket fridges up to 50C overnight, in an “unprecedented” cyber-attack affec...

There is no reason to post this photo that I took at WWT Welney on Sunday, except to put up something that is not about doom and gloom.

Our economy is being immeasurably harmed by economic policy designed to reduce the well-being of most people.

But there are still moments of joy.

These teasels provided one.

So did the family of whooper swa...

Yesterday began with the surreal macroeconomic forecast that underpinned the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ Green Budget, which effectively ignored the risk of an AI collapse, climate chang...

Could Andy Burnham call a general election before Christmas 2026? In this video, I examine the rumours and ask why an early election might appeal to a Prime Minister whose government already has a substantial parliamentary majority.

Burnham inherited Labour’s majority from Keir Starmer, but he does not have his own electoral mandate. I consider whether an election now ...

The latest Institute for Fiscal Studies ⁠Green Budget has been published today.

Like all such forecasts, this one is pure speculation, and whether it provides any indication as to what John Healy might actually do is completely unknown. As a result, I am not p...