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Editor's Voicemail • S1, Episode 60
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James Harding
Editor and Founder
5 mins • S1, E68
Why the anti-woke backlash presents an opportunity
Some businesses are capitulating to the anti-woke movement by rolling back their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. But James Harding argues that companies which choose to embrace it now will be better off in the future.
4 mins • S1, E67
The price of loyalty to Biden
As Joe Biden edges closer to stepping aside, James Harding has a cautionary tale for worried Democrats from across the Atlantic.
3 mins • S1, E66
A moment of optimism
The seam of anger and disillusion in UK politics is wide and deep. But Thursday’s vote offers us a reason to hope, too.
5 mins • S1, E65
Hope, change and the fiscal rules
James Harding wonders whether amid all the hope of a new Labour government it will need to revise its fiscal rules.
6 mins • S1, E64
Not rejoining, but returning
Now Labour and the Conservatives have published their party manifestos, Tortoise editor James Harding examines which issues they're not tackling.
6 mins • S1, E63
It's the technology, stupid
James Harding thinks we're asking our politicians the wrong questions ahead of the election.
5 mins • S1, E62
The politicisation of the courts
In the wake of the verdict against Donald Trump, James Harding considers the the loss of confidence in the judiciary, the suspicion that judges are politicians, that the courts are political and polarising.
7 mins • S1, E61
The course for change
James Harding reflects on how the UK General Election will change the course of the country.
4 mins • S1, E59
Why newsrooms matter
James Harding makes the case for why newsrooms should be places a home for challenging questions, heretics and contrarians.
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