Time for a change?

I’m back.

An unexpected week away from making videos—thanks to a kidney stone that I wouldn’t wish on anyone—gave me something I almost never have: time to stop and think.

For more than twenty years I’ve written about Britain’s economy and politics. For the last two years we’ve talked about them here, almost every single day.

Together we’ve explored why neoliberalism has failed, why living standards have stagnated, why our political system no longer seems able to meet people’s needs, and why so many people have lost faith in politics altogether.

But being forced to step away made me ask a different question.

Should this channel change?

Not because the issues have gone away. They haven’t.

Not because exposing failure no longer matters. It does.

But because perhaps the time has come to spend more of our energy asking a different set of questions.

What should replace neoliberalism?

How should we reform tax?

How should we reform money?

How should government work differently?

What would a politics of care actually look like?

How do we build an economy of hope instead of an economy of fear?

Those are the questions I increasingly want to explore.

The question is whether you want to explore them with me.

So this isn’t an announcement that I’ve already decided to change direction.

It’s an invitation for you to help decide whether we should.

Please vote in the poll, leave a comment, and let me know what you think. I genuinely want to hear your views, because they will help shape the future direction of this channel.

Thank you for being part of this journey.