Will Dunn
Business editor, New Statesman
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- We in the UK like to play "thank goodness we're not the Americans with their terrible gun problem" but we allow about ten people a year to be killed in unimaginable circumstances just to keep the dog lobby happy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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- I spoke to Kenneth Rogoff, former IMF chief economist and author of "Our Dollar, Your Problem" about what gives currencies their power
- Xi calls for China’s renminbi to attain global reserve currency status ft.trib.al/P7yHdQE
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- All 14 of the AI training courses recommended today by our Technology Secretary are provided by US companies. Not one is British. Read on for the billions we're also spending with these companies: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
- BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
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- I wrote about the Fabian Society, the odd conspiracy theory that surrounds it, and the person who genuinely is plotting to seize power in the country www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
- Walking around South London this morning, I've been saddened to see several men - often relatively young guys, perhaps capable of holding down decent jobs - openly carrying bags full of golf clubs.
- I wrote about evangelical US Speaker Mike Johnson's sermon to MPs this week: www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
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- Subscribe to the New Statesman and get the news two years in advance
- "Without us you'd all be speaking German", Donald Trump tells an audience in Davos, in Switzerland. Where the most common language is German.
- Let's count up what the BBC News website has reported on since Monday morning! Farage fails to declare £380k of income on time: ONE Major reform of the system that provides our water: ONE Venezuela: NONE Retired footballer's nepo baby has Instagram tantrum: TWELVE (12)
- I know, I know, it's a tedious thing to whinge about, but there is a lot going on in the world and BBC News, by far the UK's largest source of current affairs, is giving serious prominence to a story about a celebrity footballer's child posting something on Instagram
- Green voters plucky in their support for "let's go to war against the country from which we lease our nuclear weapons"
- This is the piece to read on Jenrick: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
- A little bit I wrote about the Nobel Peace Prize last week
- In this week's sketch for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, I wrote about How This Might Have Been Avoided www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
- The FT reports this morning that the BBC is going to start making shows for YouTube. Perhaps you'd like to read a rage-filled screed on the effect YouTube (as opposed to iPlayer) has one children's minds? Click here if so: www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
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- I'm hearing the frontrunners are a) Sam Bankman-Fried b) "Kramer" from Seinfeld c) Stone Cold Steve Austin
- Big Tech has eaten kids' TV, but don't worry, there's a fix: rats. Thousands and thousands of rats From this week's sketch: www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
- This is a great explanation of what happens when your young child watches YouTube. Social media algorithms prioritise what gets the most attention fastest, and the material that does this most successfully has well documented effects. The debate about "screen time" doesn't take this into account
- The seller was trying to get £50m for this seven months ago
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- Good to see the @tbij.bsky.social reporting on this phenomenon, which seems to be widespread. Here is a job ad that was posted publicly on LinkedIn, seeking someone to edit Wikipedia to brush up the image of a "premium spirits brand"
- The average house price for Jan 2022 was £248,031. By Oct 2025 it had reached £269,862. So if you bought a house in Jan 2022 have you: a) 😀 made about £20k! b) 😧lost about £60k c) 🤪both a and b! Answer here: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
- Ban it, it's just one shitty website, well worth the risk www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
- On the "sanctions to defend free speech" question, it's worth asking: what's in it for Trump? www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
- Russia's shadow fleet has at last made the front page of a UK newspaper. If you'd like some more background on these ships, here's some of the reporting the New Statesman has been doing since 2023: www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
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- In this week's sketch for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, I wrote about How This Might Have Been Avoided www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
- Reposted by Will DunnThis person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets. polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
- Just put the last wash of 2025 on, a toasty 60C cottons cycle, mostly socks. Everyone's gathered round the Bosch Serie 6. A real Auld Lang Syne moment.
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- I wrote some festive political fiction for the New Statesman's magnificent Christmas issue www.newstatesman.com/culture/fict...
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- Christmas "sounds like fun", says plump, succulent turkey
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- Free speechwriting tip for the PM: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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- What the fuck? The train pictured can carry at least 589 seated passengers. On Monday morning it's £193 per standard single ticket. Why does it have to be empty?
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- This week, I went to that giant mound of rubbish in Oxfordshire www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
- Happy Crap Friday everyone!
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- Roblox was released to the public in 2006 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- This wasn't being mean for no reason btw - it's part of an argument about how the global media ignored Sanna Marin's politics and treated her as a celebrity
- It doesn't look like I'll be getting a job at the Spectator www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
- It doesn't look like I'll be getting a job at the Spectator www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
- Don't do it guys!
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- The only compensation the Waspi women should receive is an apology from the bullshitters who have strung them along for years on the promise of extra cash to which they have never been entitled. www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
- Among the revelations in this interviewis that Wandsworth was so short staffed, they asked someone doing 5yrs for fraud to keep track of where the prisoners were
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- I asked Jimmy Wales why the reporting of the Daily Mail isn't linked to on Wikipedia. Fair play for a frank answer: www.newstatesman.com/technology/2...
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- If you work in Westminster you probably know the DEFRA Badger (aka Betty). I asked her: has Labour betrayed Brock? www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
