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Good lessons from great financial crises
The timing of any crash is hard to predict but reverses are an inevitable part of life in a market economy.
Oct 26
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Iain Martin
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Caerphilly by-election earthquake leaves Labour trapped
To grow the economy the government would have to make tough choices voters don’t want to face
Oct 24
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Iain Martin
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The West’s bad bet on China is still blowing up
Decades of policy miscalculation have led to interminable discombobulation - for which see the Westminster Chinese spying scandal
Oct 13
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Iain Martin
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September 2025
Tech trials and why Britain will be okay, eventually
Gloom pervades the UK. Yet all is not lost.
Sep 27
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Iain Martin
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Why statecraft and diplomacy matter
This is Paul Lay's second guest newsletter for Reaction. Iain Martin will be back next week.
Sep 20
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Paul Lay
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Japan has mastered ordered liberty
Paul Lay is writing the newsletter this week and next until Iain Martin is back from holiday.
Sep 13
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Paul Lay
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How Labour wins, just
Post-Rayner it looks as though Reform is set for a big victory, unless there is a plot twist.
Sep 7
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Iain Martin
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August 2025
A Fateful Promise - the enthralling, elegiac, supremely entertaining new novel
Gerald Warner’s new novel is the first in a series of six. It is available direct from the publisher.
Aug 29
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Iain Martin
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Who’s ready for Nigel Farage as UK Prime Minister?
If he wins, Britain is heading for a constitutional crisis and more.
Aug 25
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Iain Martin
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Bournemouth Britain has had enough
The decline and decay of the genteel seaside town is a microcosm of the trends causing rising voter anger
Aug 18
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Iain Martin
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Financial crisis fairytales: Fred Goodwin, James Graham, Brian Cox, Margaret Thatcher and the ghost of Adam Smith
The new play by Britain’s leading young playwright is a dark, flawed fairytale
Aug 11
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Iain Martin
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The world must learn from Japan's demographic time bomb
A farewell message
Aug 8
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Caitlin Allen
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