Articles
One article, one subject, every week.
Who pays when Britain gets old
Britain’s ageing population is turning social care into an unavoidable fiscal choice. Who should contribute, what should be guaranteed, and how can reform protect families, workers and dignity?
15 min read
Should childhood be offline until sixteen
Britain’s proposed under-16 social media restriction may reduce harm, but age checks, isolation and weak offline alternatives make implementation the harder test.
14 min read
When the algorithm becomes your boss
Software now allocates shifts, scores performance and flags workers for review. It can make management fairer and faster, but a score is an argument wearing a lab coat. Britain needs a settlement that keeps a named, answerable person behind every decision that matters at work.
14 min read
Can Britain still feed itself
Drought, a poor harvest and fragile global supply chains are testing a food system most of us take for granted. Britain cannot and should not grow everything at home, but it can protect the domestic capacity, water, diverse trade and household access that keep the country fed when several things go wrong at once.
15 min read
What Britain’s asylum system really costs
The £4.9 billion asylum bill is real, but delay drives much of the cost. An examination of accommodation, appeals and returns, and what a lawful, financially credible reform would require.
15 min read
English Identity, Migration and Social Cohesion
England faces a problem of confidence as much as a problem of migration. This paper argues for a confident civic English identity rooted in language, history, law, democratic government and England's Christian inheritance, open to people of every race and faith, but carrying meaningful obligations.
18 min read
Can Britain afford its promises
Britain is not about to run out of money, but it is steadily losing the freedom to choose. Pensions, health, welfare, defence and debt interest are pressing against the revenue available to honour them, and a credible settlement must put every promise in the same account.
16 min read
What is the BBC for now
As Charter review approaches and the BBC cuts the services it asks the country to preserve, Britain must decide which public purposes still require a national broadcaster and build an institution and funding settlement capable of delivering them.
14 min read
The right to speak to a human
When essential services put automated systems between customers and help, a route to a competent person must remain available. This paper argues for human escalation where delay, vulnerability or a disputed decision can cause real harm.
13 min read
Who should control Britain’s essential services
Who should control Britain’s water, rail, buses, energy and housing? Public ownership may address failures that regulation cannot, but every proposal must account for cost, investment and performance.
16 min read