George Pickering
George Pickering is a researcher at Bright Blue
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
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Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
The pathologies of outdated ideologies
Our managerial elite will go the way of the Mamluks, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Moriori
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
