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No. 01
BusinessJuly 2, 2025

The £2 trillion question: What if your next hire came with their own AI partner?

Discover how hiring human-AI partnerships could transform productivity. Employees bring trained AI companions that adapt instantly to new roles.

No. 02
BusinessJune 17, 2025

Invest 2035: Why Britain's safety-first approach to automation could leave us behind

Britain's union-influenced approach to AI and automation prioritises consensus over speed, risking competitiveness as rivals like Germany surge ahead.

No. 03
BusinessMay 28, 2025

Beyond the Peter Principle: How modern business elevates incompetence

A deeper dive into why modern business doesn’t just tolerate incompetence—it actively rewards it. How the “Business Idiot” has replaced the Peter Principle.

No. 04
TechnologyApril 15, 2025

Apple could fix Siri tomorrow with this one simple idea

Siri’s biggest problem could be fixed instantly with one simple idea: add a language model layer to understand what users really mean.

No. 05
TechnologyApril 14, 2025

AI is our generation's industrial war — and the UK must fight to survive

The UK must act boldly on AI or be left behind. National survival depends on urgent investment, reform, and the will to lead. No more dithering.

No. 06
OtherApril 11, 2025

Growth vs. Protection: Labour's Economic Tightrope

Labour’s growth agenda risks stalling as union ties complicate reforms. Can Starmer deliver productivity while keeping unions onside?

No. 07
TechnologyApril 9, 2025

The great divide: why tech books from before chatGPT are becoming obsolete

Explore why many tech and business books written before ChatGPT’s launch in 2022 are now outdated in a rapidly evolving AI-first world.

No. 08
TechnologyApril 3, 2025

The UK’s AI copyright dilemma: innovation vs. creative rights

Explore the UK’s proposed AI copyright law, tech giants’ responses, and what it could mean for innovation, creativity, and content ownership.

No. 09
OtherMarch 2, 2025

American exceptionalism at a crossroads

Examining American exceptionalism in 2025—its history, impact on foreign policy, and whether it still serves the U.S. or risks isolating its allies.

No. 10
OtherFebruary 26, 2025

The economic role of cheap labour in American growth: from slavery to AI

Every era of American growth has been powered by a new source of cheap labour. Slavery, immigration, gig workers, now AI. The pattern is older than you think.

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