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John Burn-Murdoch

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Why the TikTok era spells trouble for the establishment

Populism is the winner in the shift from traditional to social media and from text to video and audio

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The London problem is holding young Brits back

Americans and Europeans have a choice of places to prosper

14.12.2024 10

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What if the UK isn’t actually the sick man of Europe?

Britain’s illness-related inactivity crisis looks increasingly like a mirage

06.12.2024 10

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Fentanyl deaths are falling. What’s behind the decline?

The evidence points to changes in the drug supply

29.11.2024 10

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Trump broke the Democrats’ thermostat

The American left was sent spinning in 2016 and is yet to recalibrate

15.11.2024 30

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What is the point of polling?

Voters want precision — unfortunately, political surveys can’t deliver it

08.11.2024 9

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Democrats join 2024’s graveyard of incumbents

Governments across the world are struggling in this period of economic and geopolitical turmoil

07.11.2024 20

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Will Trumpism outlast Trump?

The changed political and cultural landscape makes a reset unlikely

01.11.2024 10

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Is peak population coming sooner than we think?

Birth rates keep coming in below the forecasts — the models may need an overhaul

25.10.2024 10

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Yes, CEOs are moving left, but ‘woke capitalism’ is not the whole story

The corporate world has taken a progressive turn, while polarisation is also on the rise

18.10.2024 20

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The left is losing its grip on ethnic minority voters

British and American politics are undergoing surprising shifts as research — and elections — explode assumptions

11.10.2024 10

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We may have passed peak obesity

Weight loss drugs appear to be having an effect at the population level

04.10.2024 10

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Out of work and unwell: the worrying rise of young people on benefits

Data shows increasing numbers in rich countries turning to welfare

27.09.2024 10

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Young women are starting to leave men behind

Men’s education deficit is increasingly becoming an employment, earnings and outcomes gap, with significant repercussions

20.09.2024 50

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Time for a grown-up conversation about immigration

Failing to acknowledge imperfect outcomes and trade-offs is impoverishing the debate

16.08.2024 3

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Green parties need to decide who and what they are for

Electoral success across Europe is exposing contradictions and hypocrisy

09.08.2024 10

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Are the super shoes used in Olympic races distorting results?

New technology is creating an uneven playing field in athletics

02.08.2024 10

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Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump?

The vice-president is polling better than Joe Biden, but is not yet in winning territory

26.07.2024 20

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Was Gareth Southgate great, or just lucky?

The former England manager elevated the national team, but easy routes through tournaments flatter his record

19.07.2024 8

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Why is the populist right surging across Europe, but not Britain?

It would be naive to see the UK as immune to this phenomenon; Reform UK is not yet ready

12.07.2024 40

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Will Labour be able to maintain its coalition of contradictions?

The record win in this week’s election is built on flimsy foundations that could quickly fracture

05.07.2024 9

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How the Conservatives came to the brink of wipeout

The party risks learning the wrong lessons from a historic defeat

28.06.2024 10

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Brace for the most distorted election result in British history

The demolition of parties to the right will raise fresh doubts about first past the post

21.06.2024 30

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Why the Tories are haemorrhaging votes

The seeds of their current collapse were sown in 2019

07.06.2024 5

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How red Texas became a model for green energy

The state’s solar surge proves that the energy transition defies politics

24.05.2024 40

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How Britain became the world’s worst on homelessness

Insufficient housing, an eroded social sector and diminished state support made tens of thousands destitute

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Are modern media incentives distorting our sense of the economy?

A new study adds to the evidence that competition for eyeballs may be warping our sense of the world

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The problem with polling America’s young voters

Difficulty in reaching the under-30s for surveys means not all data points are created equal — and can mislead

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The Anglosphere has an advantage on immigration

English-speaking countries generally do better at both attracting and integrating talent

26.04.2024 20

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Why are American roads so dangerous?

Bad driving is probably playing a bigger role in the fatality rate than larger cars and longer journeys

19.04.2024 50

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Forget boomers vs millennials, the next conflict is millennials vs each other

Growing wealth inequality between thirtysomethings could soon displace tensions between young and old

12.04.2024 50

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Why family-friendly policies don’t boost birth rates

Direct financial incentives are defeated by much stronger social trends

29.03.2024 40

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It’s no longer the economy, stupid

America’s hyper-partisan voters express economic sentiments that mirror their politics — this is not true in Europe

22.03.2024 10

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American politics is undergoing a racial realignment

Democrats are rapidly losing non-white voters as the forces that ensured their support weaken

08.03.2024 20

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What Texas can teach San Francisco and London about building houses

It’s not a housing crisis — it’s a planning crisis

23.02.2024 20

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Progressives beware: high turnout now favours the right

A key electoral headwind has changed direction in recent years

16.02.2024 9

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Young people’s desertion of conservatism is not a global phenomenon

Shocks thought to be worldwide have hit Britain’s young adults harder than most

09.02.2024 8

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Could Taylor Swift really hand Biden victory over Trump?

The pop superstar has a huge following, but the data suggests her impact could go either way

02.02.2024 8

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A new global gender divide is emerging

Young men and young women’s world views are pulling apart. The consequences could be far-reaching

26.01.2024 40

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The housing crisis is still being underplayed

Young adults are being robbed of the milestones that marked the lives of previous generations

13.01.2024 9

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Is the west talking itself into decline?

The data suggests that we have shifted away from a culture of progress towards one of worry

05.01.2024 50

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Football’s broadcast revenue boom is over — what happens now?

A squeeze on revenues stands to benefit the Premier League, but at a cost to competitions elsewhere in Europe

29.12.2023 40

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The great immigration miscalculation

An all-out assault on overseas arrivals is not the vote-winner it once was

15.12.2023 20

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Does the American dream foster inequality?

New research shows US citizens are alone among wealthy western nations in being largely unmoved by income disparities

08.12.2023 90

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