Edition 75 – July 2025 – Cover + Contents
Sonia Purnell's Perspectives – the Art of Failure
Alien Nation: How our Politicians Created an 'Island of Strangers' So They Don't Have to Make Our Lives Any Better
The Real 'Strangers' Among Us
How Tech Profited From The Loneliness of 'Liquid Love'
The Crisis of Social Media Isn’t Solely About the Ideology of Silicon Valley’s Broligarch
The Aestheticisation of Journalism Is a New Kind of Fascism
‘Algorithmic Chaos’: Power Becomes Untouchable if Truth Becomes Optional
In Absurdia – Reign of Error
Online to Off: The Spreading of Stochastic Terror
Beyond the Bro Speak: How the Manosphere Nurtures the ‘Alpha Warriors’ of Political Violence
Inclusion and Humanness are an Answer to Starmer’s ‘Island of Strangers’
‘The Left’s Answer has to be Place-First Not Party-First Politics’
Political Musings – Islanders of Strangers
Mandrake – Palantir's Pals
Political Culture – The Revealing Reappearance of the ‘Burqa Ban’
Political Economy – Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Notes on Now – Trump's Wager
The Hidden Reality of Israel’s Depravity in Gaza
Israel’s ‘Hunger Games’ in GazaAre No Closer to Ending 600 Days On
The Power of Us: Local Solutions to Global Problems
Editorial – The Endless Insecurity of 'Digital Nomads'
News In Brief – Wexit Too Good To Check?
On the Ground – Reform's Dodgy DOGEing
Peter Oborne's Diary – End of the Order
Bad Press Awards – The Copper-Plated Biro for Besotted Fanzine Writer
‘To Say It Is One-Sided Is an Understatement’: The BBC and Gaza – A Public Broadcaster Under Fire
BBC Scraps Pledge to Show Gaza Medics Documentary ‘As Soon as Possible’
BBC Bosses Plan to Win Over Reform Voters’ Trust By Changing News and Drama Output
The Myth of Morgan McSweeney
Mythic Nostalgia and Unconscious Middle-Class Guilt Is Driving Labour onto a Dangerous Path
Behind Bars with a Non-Violent Direct Action Anarchist
On Love and War
Zeitgeisters – Kate Raworth
The Upside Down – The Bear that Wouldn't Die

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Simon Nixon writes the ‘Wealth of Nations’ newsletter on Substack. He was previously Chief Leader Writer at The Times, and Chief European Commentator at The Wall Street Journal

Political Culture – The Revealing Reappearance of the ‘Burqa Ban’

Pochin is the country’s newest MP, having won the May by-election in Runcorn and Helsby to become Reform’s fifth parliamentarian (sixth, after the suspended Rupert Lowe). This was her first question to the Prime Minister.

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Notes on Now – Trump's Wager

By violently polarising opinion, Donald Trump’s team aims to exploit public support for deporting undocumented ‘criminals’ and control of immigration.

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