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Back to SearchUK net zero debate just changed ... for the better
Episode 191
This week, Rishi Sunak just announced pushing back of a few net zero targets - but much more significantly signalled a shift in campaign positioning that has thrust the issue to the centre of the con…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Civil war talk hits the mainstream
Episode 190
More mainstream voices are starting to be raised highlighting the likely outcome for where America is currently headed. One of them is Ray Dalio, the billionaire investor whose book 'Principles for d…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Is Elon Musk now the face of unaccountable power?
Episode 189
Elon Musk is so often at the centre of every important issue or controversy - he is a techno-optimist, he is pro-free speech, he is desperate for man to colonise Mars - you name it. He is also powerf…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Ukraine's slow counter-offensive - this could last for years
Episode 188
Two months in to Ukraine's counter-offensive, and so far - while there have been gains - they are well short of what people had hoped for. The implication is that this war is going to last years not …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
A new political phase on climate change is emerging
Episode 187
Over time, how we understand an ongoing issue, and aim to act on it, will evolve and change. We've been in the same phase on climate change for several decades - but right now it seems as though we m…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Exclusive diversity - has values-led business gone astray?
Episode 186
Maybe companies should have values. But should they have the sort of values that are about holding powerful corporations to account, or the ones that turn powerful corporations into policeman over ho…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Can Britain stop worshipping its failing health service?
Episode 185
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Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Putin's bad week
Episode 184
It wasn't a coup, but it looked like a coup. Putin wasn't bothered, but he certainly looked bothered. Really, it was just a protest. The sort of protest where you destroy military planes on the way. …
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
The Boris question: Should voters be allowed to vote for liars?
Episode 183
Boris Johnson has left the building - before launching a broadside against the Parliamentary Privileges Committee process just before it delivered its damning verdict. It found that he had lied repea…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Will Rishi and Joe save us from the AI slaughterbots?
Episode 182
This week, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met the US President Joe Biden and amongst the various topics they discussed was Britain’s desire to carve out a role for itself on the discussion around…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago