ThinkIn with James Harding
By Tortoise Media
Each week, Tortoise editor and co-founder James Harding shares his perspective on what's driving the news, not breaking the news.
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Latest episode
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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. -
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. -
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. -
Minority rule
Labour look set to win a huge majority in Thursday’s general election. But a large and unlikely coalition of voters will be left wondering whether they’ve been heard at all -
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 -
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. -
It's the technology, stupid
James Harding thinks we're asking our politicians the wrong questions ahead of the election. -
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. -
The course for change
James Harding reflects on how the UK General Election will change the course of the country. -
Should journalism defend democracy or enable it?
James Harding ponders what the job of journalism is in the face of populist liars, sophisticated propaganda and the information war.