On Tuesday, Jim Chalmers, the Australian Treasurer, handed down the Albanese Government’s fourth Budget. Given that the deadline to call an election is looming, this Budget gives the Australian Labor Party (ALP) a chance to remind voters of the recent tax cuts and rebates they’ve enjoyed thanks to the government,
“Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower.” – Sybil Sage (New York Times) The relentless march of technology and the rapid advances in computer processing power
On the 11th of March, the Conservative Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Philp, posted a graphic on X (formerly known as Twitter) which claims that “48% of London’s social housing is occupied by people who are foreign”, a claim he described as morally wrong. What on the surface seems to be
“The metaphors of delivery are misleading. Policies aren’t the same as parcels. Competent public services are full of people with their own knowledge and ideas who aren’t willing to be reduced to being agents for leaders who know less than them”. – Geoff Mulgan Over the past eight months, Sir
“We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard.” – President John F. Kennedy, 12 September 1962 Space – the final frontier; for a generation of avid viewers the original series of Star
The UK’s economic performance, like much of Europe’s industrial heartland, has struggled in recent years. However, Spain has emerged as an outlier, offering a potential blueprint for success. With GDP growth of 3.2% in 2023, Spain outpaced the UK and every other Eurozone country while simultaneously raising the minimum wage,
Trump’s effort to end the Ukraine conflict was signalled well in advance of his election. That’s why discussion between European governments about supporting a potential halt to the fighting should have started at least 12 months ago. It will probably not be the permanent settlement that Putin is demanding because
Difficult funding choices are made by every leader, and it is regrettable that the announcements this week saw our aid budget cut, but in the current geopolitical climate Labour must respond to the serious realities facing Britain. We must guard ourselves against the false choice presented to us of hard
“We need to recognize the irrationality and inhumanity of living in a world overshadowed by nuclear weapons” – Daisaku Ikeda Whilst the very concept of nuclear weapons is abhorrent to many, they have been the foundation of the UK’s national defence strategy for decades. Nuclear weapons have not been used
‘To halve violence against women and girls by a decade’ forms a critical part of the fifth and final mission of this Labour government, coined by the rather austere objective: ‘Take back our streets’. Not only does this depend on a second term to be realised, but it is a
