In response to the NEET’s report from Alan Milburn, to which I have already referred this morning, here and here, I invited my son, James,
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Do we really have a NEET crisis or should the government be looking at a bigger employment crisis for younger people?
In this my second post on yesterday’s report by Lord Alan Milburn for the government on young people Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEETs)
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The cost of war
The FT reports this morning that: Russia’s spending on Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine is on track to blow through its budget by Rbs2tn ($28bn)
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There is a NEETs crisis – but it is being deliberately created by the government
This is the first of a number of reactions to yesterday’s report by Lord Alan Milburn for the government on young people Not in Employment,
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Debate Ammunition: Tony Blair
TODAY’S TOPIC Tony Blair. The video to which this Debate Ammunition relates is available here. THE CORE ARGUMENT Tony Blair has not merely made corrupt
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Tony Blairosaurus
Tony Blair once claimed to stand for equality, public services and social justice. So what happened? In this video, I look at Blair’s extraordinary new
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The biggest casualty of war in the Gulf will be a loss of trust
The New York Times asks a totally relevant question this morning, which is when is a ceasefire no longer a ceasefire? As they noted: Yesterday,
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Content creation: In your eyes
The third and final part of my series on the pedagogy of content creation is out this morning on Substack, and I am sharing this
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Debate ammunition: The Pope’s AI encyclical
The Richard J Murphy YouTube Channel Debate ammunition What is the Pope’s AI encyclical really about? Funding the Future | May 2026 Today’s topic What
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