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Reality Check: Andy Haldane on Burnham, Badenoch & the Budget
Best of the Spectator· Reality Check· Oct 22, 2026
Andy Burnham’s first Budget as Prime Minister is approaching – but higher borrowing costs have already made the sums more difficult. Former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane joins Michael Simmons to warn that …
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Crypto Reality Check: Why 99% Fail at the Peak
Radio Haanji Podcast· Crypto Reality Check· Oct 22, 2026
In this insightful session on Radio Haanji, host Gautam Kapil sits down with seasoned full-time trader Pulkit Monga to deliver a candid crypto reality check on why 99 percent of market participants fail at the peak. From…
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Reality Check: Fraser Nelson exposes Britain's welfare pipeline
Best of the Spectator· Reality Check· Oct 16, 2026
Is Britain’s welfare state still a safety net or has it become a pipeline for long-term dependency? Almost one in ten six-year-olds are now categorised as disabled through the benefits system and, on current trends, that…
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Reality Check: the AI apocalypse is just good marketing
Best of the Spectator· Reality Check· Sep 22, 2026
Some whistleblowers from the AI industry claim there is a more than 10% chance that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity within a few years. A group of mostly Labour MPs has written to Andy Burnham calling for…
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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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