# The CapX Briefing Stay informed with our free daily briefing: the best writing on politics, economics, technology and ideas. Page: Feed: --- ## [Labour isn't working](https://briefing.capx.co/p/labour-isnt-working) _2026-08-18 · Marc Sidwell_ Plus: do America's socialists have a point, and what's gone wrong with the ONS? ## [Who can afford to build?](https://briefing.capx.co/p/who-can-afford-to-build) _2026-08-17 · Marc Sidwell_ Plus: doom culture is a dangerous drug, and why are Bath's Greens fighting a bike lane? ## [Despatch: A £3 trillion problem](https://briefing.capx.co/p/despatch-a-3-trillion-problem) _2026-08-17 · CapX_ John Penrose on why Britain needs a national balance sheet, not more borrowing [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211540243/e21b86fb931456bf5619b949b48cabde.mp3) ## [Weekly Briefing: Farage's rare achievement](https://briefing.capx.co/p/weekly-briefing-farages-rare-achievement) _2026-08-16 · Marc Sidwell_ Plus: the truth about immigration, how to spot a bot and the red tape that means gardens aren't green ## [Nigel's back – but for how long?](https://briefing.capx.co/p/nigels-back-but-for-how-long) _2026-08-14 · Marc Sidwell_ Plus: the Boriswave isn't a myth, and why students deserve the truth about their degrees ## [Time to be honest, Andy](https://briefing.capx.co/p/time-to-be-honest-andy) _2026-08-13 · Marc Sidwell_ Plus: giving driverless cars the green light, and the mother of all biases ## [Lights out, prices up](https://briefing.capx.co/p/lights-out-prices-up) _2026-08-12 · Marc Sidwell_ Plus: Richard Hanania on populism, and how to spot a robot writer ## [Richard Hanania: Can you trust a populist?](https://briefing.capx.co/p/richard-hanania-can-you-trust-a-populist) _2026-08-12 · CapX_ How Trump 2.0 turned into a nightmare, the fall of the Tech Right and why elites are worth defending [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210886565/34b6ef45b793f88c085b0ea1245d78dc.mp3) ## [Time for a snap election?](https://briefing.capx.co/p/time-for-a-snap-election) _2026-08-11 · Marc Sidwell_ Plus: reversing Brexit is a fantasy, and the ecosystem enabling antisemitism ## [Is Burnham eyeing a wealth tax?](https://briefing.capx.co/p/is-burnham-eyeing-a-wealth-tax) _2026-08-10 · Marc Sidwell_ Plus: the Navy drones sending data to China, and the case against a National Care Service ## [Ultra-Quiet Business Mini (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/W2PUBELgfuW9) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Compact business mini, ultra-quiet for focused work. ## [Despatch: The flaw at the heart of the EU](https://briefing.capx.co/p/despatch-the-flaw-at-the-heart-of) _2026-08-10 · CapX_ Mani Basharzad on the lessons of the Ceuta border crisis [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210599331/4adf7ae367e63706fd6a99d7ecb850eb.mp3) ## [Weekly Briefing: The EU's flawed heart](https://briefing.capx.co/p/weekly-briefing-the-eus-flawed-heart) _2026-08-09 · Marc Sidwell_ Plus: what AI doomers get wrong, free markets v Iran and the hidden taxes on your house ## [Britain's bureaucracy is breaking](https://briefing.capx.co/p/britains-bureaucracy-is-breaking) _2026-08-07 · Marc Sidwell_ Plus: vertical drinking, tax jitters and why the Left don't own Free-Born John ## [Wanted: a warrior against decline](https://briefing.capx.co/p/wanted-a-warrior-against-decline) _2026-08-06 · Marc Sidwell_ Plus: how nukes stopped WWIII, and the hidden taxes on your new home ## [The social value bait and switch](https://briefing.capx.co/p/the-social-value-bait-and-switch) _2026-08-05 · Marc Sidwell_ Plus: Alex Tabarrok on equal value pay, and Starmer's defence blunder ## [Alex Tabarrok: Britain's equal pay madness](https://briefing.capx.co/p/alex-tabarrok-britains-equal-pay) _2026-08-05 · CapX_ Why are employment tribunals comparing apples with oranges? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209906203/d5edb5b7a03a1fba434fa27b132fe963.mp3) ## [How not to fix prisons](https://briefing.capx.co/p/how-not-to-fix-prisons) _2026-08-04 · Marc Sidwell_ Plus: Ceuta shows the flaw at the EU's heart, and what the AI doomers get wrong ## [Despatch: Ben Houchen – we need real devolution](https://briefing.capx.co/p/despatch-ben-houchen-we-need-real) _2026-08-04 · CapX_ A mayor who can only spend money the Treasury's way isn't a mayor to begin with [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209753324/9961d167fc2a4d597e7cc644450c4daf.mp3) ## [Labour play the blame game](https://briefing.capx.co/p/labour-play-the-blame-game) _2026-08-03 · Marc Sidwell_ Plus: how New Zealand solved its pay litigation crisis, and Britain has a spending problem ## [Weekly Briefing: Power to the people?](https://briefing.capx.co/p/weekly-briefing-power-to-the-people) _2026-08-02 · Marc Sidwell_ Plus: is the grid on the brink of collapse, who'd want to be a British millionaire and does anyone own the Moon? ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7y1puTIiTIGV) _2026-08-02 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## [Houchen: I don't want Andy's pocket money](https://briefing.capx.co/p/houchen-i-dont-want-andys-pocket) _2026-07-31 · Marc Sidwell_ Plus: why are we banning energy drinks, and could AI make Whitehall worse?