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Reform UK may be leading in the polls on a mandate to hit net zero migration – but could this come sooner than Nigel Farage may think? Michael Simmons returns to Reality Check to explain what’s really going behind Britain’s migration figures.
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Does having money really matter that much? There are those, usually with quite a bit of it, who want us to care less about materialism. But, unequivocally, money really does matter – not because of any status it supposedly brings, but for the freedom it buys: freedom to choose how we live and how we look after others. Considering this, it seems that the deep disillusionment with mainstream politicians in recent years stems from a protracted and ongoing period of stagnant living standards over which they have presided. But the truth is that the average person has not got poorer since the global financial crisis. They have got a little
Everything Intel does will now be subject to the need to please its largest shareholder, the US government
Neither the Federal Reserve Act nor any other statute define the ‘for cause’ standard
A Trump-run mining and accumulation business – American Bitcoin – has listed on the NASDAQ
Schools without big donors don’t stand much of a chance these days
After taking a 10 percent stake in Intel, perhaps there are other firms the US government should invest in?
Las Vegas is in trouble, but as anyone who has ever loved Vegas knows well, you are only one big win from turning it around
Young Americans are drinking less than ever before
It appears that Trump has successfully extorted a cool $10 billion from Intel
The restaurant chain has rebranded, but its charm lay in the farmhouse attic vibe
Sachia Vickery is shilling for an adult-content website while legions of girls and boys are watching her at the US Open
We need to deal in reality instead of wishful thinking
With Trump’s international agenda, scratch beneath the hilariously crazy surface and you find a more serious campaign to isolate China, China, China
It is easy to admire Trump’s negotiating tactics. But that doesn’t mean that the US will end up being the big winner from higher import tariffs
While the President can make good on his promise to hike tariffs, he cannot make other countries shoulder the tax bill
Trump will be able to claim a negotiating success. But that doesn’t mean Americans will be better off for it
Everyone tries to ‘look professional’ without actually achieving anything, all while being drawn endlessly further left
Where in the world are the tariffs?
The President is risking something more – the diminishment of his political superpower: unpredictability
Music ‘just has more value on an iPod’
The prospect of ‘Franken-wildlife’ raises alarm bells
