In 2023, the then-Conservative government awarded Palantir with a £330m contract to “build a new NHS data platform”. The move proved controversial because Palantir is a US spy tech firm and its co-founder Peter Thiel is a prominent Trump donor with links to convicted sex offender Jeffry Ep...
On Sunday 31 August, the Daily Mail published a front page criticising the tax affairs of deputy prime minister Angela Rayner. While we agree it’s fair game for honest journalists to question the government, we’re not so sure anyone who works for the Daily Mail could consider themselves an...
Gary Stevenson is an economist and former trader who’s one of the UK’s leading proponents for wealth taxes. In his latest video via Gary’s Economics, he’s taken apart the “childish” arguments against the UK implementing a wealth tax. He also gives reason to be optimistic about the future. ...
On Sunday 31 August, the Reform Party’s deputy leader Richard Tice sat down for an interview with Sky News‘s Trevor Phillips. It seemed like Sky News had set the stage for Tice to enjoy the softest of softball interviews, with the morning’s panel agreeing that Reform were the only party wi...