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Is DeepSeek a Subsidised Ploy by the Chinese Government to Disrupt the Market?
Is DeepSeek subsidised by the Chinese Government? Is it as cheap as is claimed or is it a ploy to disrupt the market? Andrea Monti and Raymond Wacks look at these and other questions surrounding the arrival of Chinese AI.
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How to Reverse the Death Spiral of the United Kingdom
Can the death spiral of the United Kingdom be reversed? If it can then Jon Moynihan is the man with the plan, says Prof James Alexander as he reviews Volume II of Return to Growth: How to Fix the UK Economy.
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Thoughts on the Fifth Anniversary of Leaving the European Union
What the Brexit Leave vote, and Boris Johnson’s eventual triumph, seemed to in the end achieve was only the revelation of the extent to which British institutions have been hollowed out and corrupted, says David McGrogan.
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The Reeves CV – More Questions
David Craig has some more CV questions for Rachel Reeves. Including: was her meteoric rise to Chancellor via the HBOS complaints department due to getting an undisclosed leg-up or two from her Labour connections?
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Does Starmer Know What He’s Talking About on AI?
Why was Keir Starmer's recent speech on AI written like a Mr Men book? Prof James Alexander wonders if the Prime Minister knows what he's talking about. Is AI really "the ultimate force for national renewal"?
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Child Sacrifice and Our Desire to Ignore It
Some actions of humans are so dark that we prefer to ignore them, and may be quietly grateful when truthtellers are censored. But we must stop being willing to overlook the sacrifice of children, writes Dr David Bell.
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The Significance of Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson should make his mind up about Christianity, critics say. Prof James Alexander disagrees: he's a profound Jungian explorer who wants to help a secularised world see why Christianity still matters.
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The Psychoses of the Established Political Parties
The Labour party suffers from a psychosis of not having any ideas of its own from later then 1890. The Conservative Party psychosis is the compulsion to 'dish the Whigs'. That's English politics, says Prof James Alexander.
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DOGE U.K. – and Other Hopes and Dreams for 2025
What are your hope and dreams for 2025? Top of Charlotte Gill's list is a DOGE U.K. to bring Elon Musk's war on public sector waste to this country – and she's already started putting one together.
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Don’t Believe the Aviation ‘Experts’ Wheeled Out to Speculate about the Jeju Air Crash. We Won’t Know the Cause Until a Lot of Data Has Been Analysed
Ignore all the speculation about the Jeju Air crash. Most aviation 'experts' don't know what they're taking about, according to a retired passenger jet pilot in the Daily Sceptic.
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