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July 2026

Is psychiatric diagnosis a cult?
The current categorisation of mental disorders is popular, but it isn't evidence-based.
 • Chris Worfolk
Inequality is making your life worse too
Five ways inequality is making life worse for everyone.
 • Chris Worfolk
We should condemn political violence, but also tackle the cause
We’re seeing an increase in political violence, including assassination, assault, arson attacks and more.
 • Chris Worfolk
The cost of cutting immigration
One thing I don't see politicians addressing when they talk about reducing immigration is: how would we pay for it?
 • Chris Worfolk
There's always money for millionaires, never for key workers
The UK is not offering COVID-19 vaccines to healthcare workers this year.
 • Chris Worfolk
The NHS founder quit over dental charges
Nye Bevan is rightly talked about as the architect of the NHS.
 • Chris Worfolk
GDP is the wrong measure of a good society
We’re never going to tackle suicide rates under late-stage capitalism, because of what happens when you measure a country purely by its GDP.
 • Chris Worfolk
How Starbucks loses money and opens new shops at the same time
With Starbucks UK reporting losses of £41 million last year and blaming minimum wage, you might think it was unprofitable to sell coffee in the UK due…
 • Chris Worfolk
Why four mobile networks are worse than one
Mobile phone signal often sucks indoors.
 • Chris Worfolk
The wrong question about HS2
The HS2 debate often gets framed around “do we need this?” But a much better comparison is “if we have X amount of money for trains, where should we…
 • Chris Worfolk
What the SpaceX IPO tells us about being ethical
Trigger warning: References to CSA.
 • Chris Worfolk
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