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  Reality Check: Arthur Laffer vs Aaron Bastani | LIVE

  Best of the Spectator· Reality Check· Sep 11, 2026

  Arthur Laffer, the economist, former adviser to Ronald Reagan and architect of the Laffer Curve, goes head-to-head with journalist and left-wing author Aaron Bastani over one question: should Britain introduce a wealth t…

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  Reality Check: the ADHD debate we’re not allowed to have

  Best of the Spectator· Reality Check· Aug 26, 2026

  The backlash to Channel 4’s The Great ADHD Myth has reignited a fierce debate over how we diagnose ADHD – and whether that debate itself is becoming impossible to have.Michael Simmons looks at the extraordinary rise in d…

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  Reality Check: Britain's AI problem isn't data centres – it's electricity

  Best of the Spectator· Reality Check· Aug 17, 2026

  Britain wants to become an AI superpower – but does it have the electricity to power one? Data centres underpin everything from online banking and streaming to artificial intelligence, and demand for them is exploding. T…

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  Reality Check: why Labour doesn’t understand business

  Best of the Spectator· Reality Check· Aug 8, 2026

  Oliver Shah is a former journalist at The Sunday Times and now runs Newcome Advisory. On this week's Reality Check Oliver and Michael discuss why Labour can't build trust with the businesses, how the National Insurance t…

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  Reality Check: could women be the solution to Britain's prison problem?

  Best of the Spectator· Reality Check· Aug 4, 2026

  Amid rising backlash over the early prisoner release scheme, Kemi Badenoch has called for emergency legislation to stop the plans going ahead. The new Prime Minister Andy Burnham has already halted the plans until a revi…

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  Reality Check: Britain's homelessness & why Burnham won't fix it

  Best of the Spectator· Reality Check· Jul 28, 2026

  Andy Burnham has laid out some of his top policy agendas for his premiership. Top of the list is to tackle homelessness – something the former Manchester mayor pledged to solve in Greater Manchester too, but the numbers …

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