Articles
Published TWIS articles, organised by year and month.
2026 109 articles
August 2026 10 articles
- Britain and the Fascism Threshold 30 Aug
- A Blanket of Invisible Sadness 20 Aug
- We tested whether British newsrooms have a neurodiversity double standard. The evidence didn't support it. 19 Aug
- Who Pays for Workplace Efficiency? 14 Aug
- Work Has Become More Intense 14 Aug
- What the Evidence Actually Supports on Crime Prevention 12 Aug
- Don't Only Audit the AI 11 Aug
- LASPO Cut the Legal Aid Bill. Government Still Cannot Say What the Country Saved 9 Aug
- The Broken Telephone at Ceuta 8 Aug
- Ceuta: What the Evidence Shows — and How Europe Reacted 3 Aug
July 2026 15 articles
- Britain Imports the Worst and Leaves the Best Behind 31 Jul
- England’s Life Expectancy Has Reached a Record. Healthy Life Expectancy Has Fallen. 31 Jul
- Why Britain Treats Our Lives as Temporary Policy 31 Jul
- How Supporters Could Take Football Back 30 Jul
- The Police Turned Helen Steel’s Intimate Life Into an Intelligence Tool 26 Jul
- US Tariffs Show How Economic Dependence Becomes Political Control 26 Jul
- How Football Changed from a Community Game into a Global Business 23 Jul
- What Individuals Can Do When Capitalism Is Failing 19 Jul
- The State Saved British Steel. It Should Not Give Away the Recovery. 17 Jul
- Wes Streeting Made the Claim First — Then Asked for the Evidence 15 Jul
- This Week in Smoke Is Now on Bluesky 14 Jul
- Britain Uses the Longer Lives of the Wealthy to Make Everyone Wait Longer for a Pension 13 Jul
- What Causes Cancer — and What Can We Actually Control? 10 Jul
- The Establishment Walked Away 9 Jul
- Why Does BRICS Exist? 4 Jul
June 2026 32 articles
- The Padded Model: How America Could Push Users Toward Chinese AI 28 Jun
- Starmer Has Gone. The Machine Has Not. 28 Jun
- The West Built the Cheap China System. Now It Wants Ordinary People to Pay to Fix It. 27 Jun
- When Politicians Call People Ordinary, Ask Who Keeps the Power 26 Jun
- Kemi Badenoch’s Behaviour Shows a Drift Towards Chaos in Parliament 25 Jun
- NHS Reorganisation Is Not the Same as Better Care 24 Jun
- When the State Says Trusted News, Check Who Gets Left Out 24 Jun
- Brexit's Clear Winner Was Government Power 24 Jun
- The Two Money Rules: One for Finance, One for People 24 Jun
- Andy Burnham Is Being Sold as Change That Power Can Live With 23 Jun
- Britain Keeps Changing Prime Ministers, But Not The Problem 22 Jun
- Electoral Liability Means They Might Lose Their Seats 22 Jun
- Keir Starmer: What Was True, What Changed, and What Was Sold to the Public 22 Jun
- Briefing 001 — Why efficiency often means fewer services 19 Jun
- Before Asking for More Defence Money, Show Where the Last Money Went 18 Jun
- Calling It Border Control Does Not Make It Less Violent 18 Jun
- Corridor Care Is Not a Pressure. It Is a Warning. 18 Jun
- Digital Government Is Not the Same as Public Control 18 Jun
- Social Care Is Urgent Until It Threatens Profit 18 Jun
- Do You See Me? Do You? 15 Jun
- Andy Burnham Is Not the Story: Public Control Is 13 Jun
- Measles Is Back Because Public Health Has Holes In It 13 Jun
- The Defence Secretary Who Would Not Defend the Defence Plan 11 Jun
- A Safeguard Does Not Stop Being Necessary 9 Jun
- AI Makes Control Cheaper 9 Jun
- Something Smells Wrong in the Sazan Island Deal 6 Jun
- The UK Is Warning About War Before Showing the Defence Plan 5 Jun
- When Support Becomes a Data-Sharing Problem 5 Jun
- Public Services Are Becoming Dependent on Private Tech Firms 3 Jun
- Cancer Injection Shrinks Tumours, But Access Will Take Time 1 Jun
- Daraxonrasib Doubled Survival in a Pancreatic Cancer Trial. UK Access Is Not Here Yet. 1 Jun
- The Real Two-Tier Britain 1 Jun
May 2026 50 articles
- Will AI Make Human Work Less Interesting? 31 May
- Britain Moved the Smoke Out of Sight 30 May
- Climate Delay Becomes Poverty Debt 30 May
- Warnings About Russia Should Not Stop Public Scrutiny 30 May
- Weapons Do Not Become Peaceful Because They Belong to Our Side 30 May
- When It Is Sewage, They Call It Investment 30 May
- Young Workers Can Be Paid Less for the Same Job 30 May
- A $150 Million Rocket Exploded. For Jeff Bezos, That Is an Inconvenience. 29 May
- Romanian Drone Strike Exposes Gap Between NATO Deterrence and Civilian Protection 29 May
- Young People Are Not Lost. The Route Into Work Was Broken. 29 May
- Politicians Use Future Promises to Avoid Present Harm 27 May
- The Heat Arrived Before the Systems Were Ready 26 May
- The Voters Are Not Confused. They Are Unconvinced. 26 May
- Young People Are Called Inactive When Support Has Failed 26 May
- They Built the Bottleneck, Then Blamed the Queue 26 May
- When War Becomes a Price Rise 26 May
- The Civilian Dead They Can Condemn — And the Ones They Can’t 25 May
- The Moon Race Is Back. This Time It’s About Power on Earth. 25 May
- Ukraine Is a Battlefield. It Is Also a Resource Map. 25 May
- When War Becomes Too Expensive, They Call It a Deal 25 May
- Why Is It So Hard to Find an NHS Dentist? 23 May
- Children Were in Ordinary Online Spaces and Predators Were There Too 23 May
- Britain Talks About Mental Health While Families Carry the Care Gap 23 May
- NHS App Self-Referral Could Still Lead to Rationed Services 23 May
- Welfare Cuts Can Move Costs From Government Budgets to Households and Services 23 May
- The UK Wants Easier EU Trade Without Rejoining 23 May
- Governments Warn About Settlements While Land Is Still Being Taken 23 May
- Workers Pay VAT at the Checkout While Companies Can Claim Some Costs Back 23 May
- When the Workplace Has a Bar 23 May
- Defence Does Not Have To Mean Attack 22 May
- Taiwan Has the Weapons. Washington Has the Pipeline. 22 May
- America Promises Weapons to Many Countries, But Its Stockpile May Not Be Enough 22 May
- Cuba Criticises Israel, Then Washington Increases Pressure on Cuba 22 May
- Andy Burnham May Be Asked to Save Labour Only After the Damage Is Done 22 May
- People Can Be Punished Socially for Supporting Palestine 22 May
- Ben-Gvir Gets Attention While the Gaza Control System Keeps Expanding 22 May
- The Main UFO Story Is Government Secrecy, Not Aliens 22 May
- Palestine Can Be Recognised While Still Being Kept Out of Power 22 May
- When Food Becomes a Crisis Headline 20 May
- When Sick Notes Become Work Policy 20 May
- Workers Are Blamed for Refusing Bad Jobs 20 May
- Politics as Survival Theatre 17 May
- 69 Ways to Spot a Dodgy Politician 17 May
- “Common Sense” Can Hide Political Choices 16 May
- Public Safety Language Can Be Used to Limit Protest 16 May
- Clickbait Uses Simple Advice to Push People Toward Bad Choices 16 May
- Welcome to This Week in Smoke 16 May
- What This Week in Smoke Is For 16 May
- Governments Can Use Safety Language to Justify More Control 16 May
- Why TWIS Exists 16 May