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Another bad day for Nick, 30

Budget delivered another walloping to the long-suffering hero of the social contract meme.

Dec 4 • 

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The driving test crisis has got even worse

New data shows DFT haven't got a grip, and young people are suffering

Dec 3 • 

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November 2025

Budget 2025: Oh what a tangled web

What a mess.

Nov 28 • 

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The effects of ending the two child limit on Universal Credit

The Budget after the 2015 election announced that there would be a limit on claims for the child element of Universal Credit (UC) at two children, for…

Nov 24 • 

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New data on migrants earnings

And the importance of comparing by age

Nov 14 • 

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Thirty times Rachel Reeves said she wouldn't raise tax

Since January 2024

Nov 4 • 

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October 2025

The castle of lies is collapsing

A dynamite letter from the CPS blows up the Government's handling of the China spy case

Oct 24 • 

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The China Spy Scandal

The government deliberately collapsed the trial of two men who spied on MPs for China, then Ministers lied to Parliament about it.

Oct 10 • 

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July 2025

Is Britain Balkanising?

Whether by age, migration, or education - are we flocking together, or coming apart?

Jul 18 • 

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The new sex education guidance will fail

There are big problems - and this won’t fix them

Jul 17 • 

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Anarcho-tyranny in the UK

The British state goes after the law-abiding, while coddling the dangerous

Jul 16 • 

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New FOI data: where in the UK did recent migrants move to?

And what impact did they have?

Jul 4 • 

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