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Despatch: A £3 trillion problem
John Penrose on why Britain needs a national balance sheet, not more borrowing
3 hrs ago • CapX
7:07
Weekly Briefing: Farage's rare achievement
Plus: the truth about immigration, how to spot a bot and the red tape that means gardens aren't green
Aug 16 • Marc Sidwell and CapX
Nigel's back – but for how long?
Plus: the Boriswave isn't a myth, and why students deserve the truth about their degrees
Aug 14 • Marc Sidwell and CapX
Time to be honest, Andy
Plus: giving driverless cars the green light, and the mother of all biases
Aug 13 • Marc Sidwell and CapX
Lights out, prices up
Plus: Richard Hanania on populism, and how to spot a robot writer
Aug 12 • Marc Sidwell and CapX
Richard Hanania: Can you trust a populist?
How Trump 2.0 turned into a nightmare, the fall of the Tech Right and why elites are worth defending
Aug 12 • CapX and Marc Sidwell
32:13
Time for a snap election?
Plus: reversing Brexit is a fantasy, and the ecosystem enabling antisemitism
Aug 11 • Marc Sidwell and CapX
Is Burnham eyeing a wealth tax?
Plus: the Navy drones sending data to China, and the case against a National Care Service
Aug 10 • Marc Sidwell and CapX
Despatch: The flaw at the heart of the EU
Mani Basharzad on the lessons of the Ceuta border crisis
Aug 10 • CapX
6:27
Weekly Briefing: The EU's flawed heart
Plus: what AI doomers get wrong, free markets v Iran and the hidden taxes on your house
Aug 9 • Marc Sidwell and CapX
Britain's bureaucracy is breaking
Plus: vertical drinking, tax jitters and why the Left don't own Free-Born John
Aug 7 • Marc Sidwell and CapX
Wanted: a warrior against decline
Plus: how nukes stopped WWIII, and the hidden taxes on your new home
Aug 6 • Marc Sidwell and CapX
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