In the news recently: As usual, the language is telling. We learn that the UK economy will perform even “worse” than Russia. The economy “needs” its over-50s. We must have tax cuts to “get the economy moving” and “unlock the post-Brexit potential”. We all know that GDP is a measure of economic activity – both…

XR have apparently made a New Year’s resolution. From now on, there won’t be any more protests that cause public disruption. They are changing their tactics to non-disruptive demonstrations instead. It will be interesting to see whether this changes people’s opinions about them, or whether they have any more influence as a result. After all,…