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I'm a big believer in Free Speech, but this principle has taken a hammering in the UK in recent years often being trumped by the 'right' to not be offended. The Historical Ideal …

So I got a circular email from my accountant informing me that I'd avoided being caught inn HMRC's new digital accounting protocols for the next tax year. 'Thankfully' my self-em…

Could Britain be sitting on the cusp of a new economc 'take-off" driven by artificial intelligence....? One person who thinks this is possible is Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who beli…

<div class="text-justify"> > For one day at least, I will know what it is like. --- ![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/tarazkp/23yxA6a7wGZ4o1B5j76Q3DtEos47Lh…

Nine million working-age Britons are currently out of work, either unemployed, long-term sick, or simply out of action. This was exacerbated by the pandemic, but the continuation o…

Happy Pentultimate HPUD of the year, I'm 11 for 11 in 2025 and my latest Power Up of around 200 Hive takes me to 147 200 HP... ![Screenshot 2025-10-31 at 20.12.17.png](https://fi…

I've seen my own ad revenue tank, and I am aware this is at least partly due to Google's AI summaries resulting in less click-through, and I'm clearly not the only one feeling this…

There's something very smug about taking a shoulder season holiday - going away in early July or Mid September just before the school holidays start and getting cheaper prices, fe…

If Rachel Reeve's best tax option may be to stop tinkering around the edges and pissing everyone off, and simply declare open season on landlords. ![image.png](https://files.p…

So I think I just had a bad day, I mean it wasn't that bad, as my life is generally pretty good, but this was a bit of a downer day.... ### Co-working didn't happen... So I had a…

UKIP and many conservatives want Britain should withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). This debate used to be the preserve of lawyers, but now the immigratio…

Increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere are correlated withn higher level of acidity in our oceans, which has long been linked to the destruction of our coral reefs, but now ev…

So I've shaken up my running schedule just really because I fancied a change... I'm experimenting with 2 times 'lazy intervals' (my own term) and then a short/ long slow fun HR te…

For the third year in a row, the UK birth rate hit a record low, but progressives see no cause for alarm. Fewer citizens means less weight on the earth, reduced carbon emissions, f…

As Budget day approaches, anxiety is growing among pensioners and financial planners that Rachel Reeves may have to raid our pensions pots to balance the books going forwards! ###…

I must have bought this natty little back pack around 15 years ago.... I certainly remember using it during some long trail runs when I was living in Surrey in my late 30s... ![…

Neoliberals have always bemoaned big government, and the neoliberal promise has been that governments would shrink and markets would rule. But under Donald Trump we have seen the m…

As the UK's public finances worsen and economic growth falters, some economists are warning that Britain may once again be on the path to an International Monetary Fund bailout. T…

Within Britain's public sector, the typical tale is one of waste and inefficiency — that "fat cat" pay is a drain on the taxpayer. But as The Times' Paul Johnson argues, maybe it's…

The Labour Government's first year has already seen it make a fair few enemies among those who hold capital: parents with kids at private school, employers, small business owners f…