Tony Blair has published a 5,600-word essay through the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change this morning, which is being presented across the right-wing and
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The Broken World and Us
The second part of my study on my pedagogy of content creation is on Substack this morning. Entitled The Broken World and Us, it looks
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Debate Ammunition: The fear of losing
The Richard J Murphy YouTube Channel Debate ammunition: The fear of losing Funding the Future | Issue | May 2026 Today’s topic Dear England, neoliberalism
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Is fear destroying Britain?
Everyone talks about inflation, government debt, economic growth and productivity. Politicians obsess about deficits. Economists argue about interest rates. Businesses complain about uncertainty. But what
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Ooh, it makes me wonder
It was hot on Sunday morning. It was, in fact, so hot that neither Jacqueline nor I felt like going out birdwatching. We instead went
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TIARA – There Is A Real Alternative
For years, I was annoyed by the term TINA, which Margaret Thatcher coined and which stands for “there is no alternative”. I could find no
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There is no peace. Two people don’t want it. We’ll pay the price
I did wonder whether I should, over the weekend, write about the prospect of peace between the USA, Israel and Iran, and the potential reopening
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What is it about Reform?
Reform is rising because trust in politics has collapsed. Economic insecurity, failing public services, unaffordable housing, insecure work and a loss of belonging have created
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The City does not believe in funding small business. The government should.
These are two FT headlines from one FT email this morning: There has been nothing, and no one, let alone any regulation, that has prevented
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