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'Two centuries ago, the state’s knowledge of its people was limited to a handful of lists: men eligible for conscription and those with taxable assets. 'In recent years, governments and society at large have started to collect more data on personal characteristics and

🏛️ 'Is Trump's America starting to resemble Putin's Russia?' Kristian Niemietz & Tom Clougherty discusses @daliborrohac.bsky.social's analysis of how Trump's tariffs create a patronage economy where fortunes depend on proximity to the president.

"Having good data on the population is a testament to the health of a democracy. But in recent times, as the state wants an ever closer and more personal flow of information from us, public trust has waned." Me for CapX⬇️ capx.co/the-informatio…

A historical tour-de-force from Karl Williams - not only wonk-world's immigration doyen, but a connoisseur of early eighteenth century foreign policy.

'It’s rare that we’re able to see the shoulder devils and angels of policymaking exact their torment in real time, tugging their plaything in one direction before yanking it in the other. 'Under Keir Starmer’s premiership, we get to see this dynamic play out all the time. 'The

“I hope to die with a pen in hand. The ideal thing would be to keep going as if I were immortal and all of a sudden die of an accident”, #mariovargasllosa once said – and I must admit that I thought he was immortal. Indeed, his novels and his ideals are. Vargas Llosa

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'Despite Hamas and Hezbollah’s weakened states, the two organisations are attempting to regroup and rebuild as the wars in Gaza and Lebanon enter a lower-intensity phase. 'Israel cannot allow this to happen. Targeting the groups’ vast funding resources is key to long-term

'Setting aside retaliation by their trading partners, tariffs are bound to make US manufacturing less competitive, insofar as American industry relies on international supply chains – and thus uses inputs that are now subject to tariffs of 10% or more. 'There is another path

'But for even the most extreme ‘Keynesians’, the steel subsidies could scarcely be portrayed as offering good value for money in terms of employment protection. 'Perhaps this bailing out of the steel industry would be an issue for Reform UK to denounce the Conservative-Labour

Nationalising steel has failed every time it has been tried. Why should this time be any different? capx.co/nationalised-s…

🔥 Is Britain ready to give up on steel?   With sky-high energy costs and global competitors circling, is saving British Steel just a fantasy?   Albie & Institute of Economic Affairs’s Daniel Freeman join The Capitalist to ask: can the UK still make things? 🇬🇧 🎧 Watch a highlight 👇

'Among the steady trickle of stabbings or vehicle-ramming attacks, there are indeed those either claimed by IS ... Beneath this though, a clear subcategory of Islamist terrorism in the truest sense of the word emerges, and which does not at all appear influenced by jihadists such

An important piece from the excellent Liam at CapX on the emergence of a new kind of Islamist terror which has so far not gained enough attention or analysis 👇

'When you next fill up your car, the cashier will not ask you your net worth before deciding how much to charge you for a tank of petrol. Rich or poor, trucker or taxi driver, we all pay the same bill for the same product. The same is true when we buy groceries, run the taps or

'There is more to the story of the Houthis’ terror than just their attacks on Israel and international commerce. 'They are responsible for crimes against humanity carried out against ordinary Yemenis. The international community must wake up to the horrors exacted by them, away

🇺🇸 Factory jobs are vanishing. Inequality is rising.   Trump’s answer? Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs.   Is this a real plan to revive US manufacturing – or just 1950s nostalgia in a MAGA hat?   🎧 Tune into The Capitalist with Marc Sidwell, Albie & Institute of Economic Affairs’s Daniel

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Folks on the right should find that red line to be deeply, deeply embarrassing