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GPT-3 will change SEO, and therefore the online economy
We are living in a world where attention is the most important asset. Advertising dollars are the lifeblood of the web, and until recently, search…
Feb 23, 2023
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Tim Martin
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Update on my predictions for 2022
At the end of 2021 I started this Substack, and I kicked it off by writing some predictions for the year. This is the first time I’ve made commitments…
Feb 15, 2023
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Tim Martin
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Update on my predictions for 2022
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May 2022
I don't care if politicians know the price of a pint of milk
Dominic Raab, Deputy Prime Minister of the UK, got an amusing exchange in when being interviewed by Charlie Stayt on the cost of living. It’s probably…
May 22, 2022
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That anti-Semitic local councillor
A person recently elected as a council member for the Welsh Liberal Democrats has apparently been suspended from the party over an allegation that they…
May 16, 2022
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Tim Martin
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That anti-Semitic local councillor
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April 2022
Why I oppose banning gay conversion therapy
At the Liberal Democrat party conference last year, the conference attendees voted to support a ban on gay conversion therapy. Nobody spoke against the…
Apr 3, 2022
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Why I oppose banning gay conversion therapy
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March 2022
"I have no ideology" is a weird flex
A strange shift has been occurring recently, mostly among the left. Increasingly, ideas and policies are being dismissed not because they are wrong, but…
Mar 26, 2022
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"I have no ideology" is a weird flex
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Demanding less advertising
In 1995, Douglas Adams wrote an article for Wired (What Have We Got to Lose, later published as part of the Salmon of Doubt collection) that struck me…
Mar 19, 2022
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On the need for spelling reform
Until recently, I was an obstinate user of British English spellings and resistant to anything I saw as a recent innovation in spelling or usage. I’ve…
Mar 17, 2022
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On the need for spelling reform
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The UK response to Ukrainian refugees has been woeful
That’s it. I don’t have any insights or policy advice. I just want to get it out there. We should be ashamed.
Mar 12, 2022
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Tim Martin
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The UK response to Ukrainian refugees has been woeful
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Will people admit they were wrong about the Omicron wave?
Over the Christmas holiday, the UK media was full of predictions that the Omicron wave would run out of control and the government was doing too little…
Mar 11, 2022
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Tim Martin
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Will people admit they were wrong about the Omicron wave?
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February 2022
How I think about Jimmy Carr's holocaust joke
I’m going to get this right up front: I think that the claim “Jimmy Carr shouldn’t have made that joke” is a perfectly reasonable thing to say. But I…
Feb 12, 2022
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Tim Martin
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How I think about Jimmy Carr's holocaust joke
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January 2022
What's wrong with looking for opportunities in Brexit?
I consider Brexit to have been a bad decision. However, I find it hard to accept the attitude (apparently near universal among remain voters) that it is…
Jan 10, 2022
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What's wrong with looking for opportunities in Brexit?
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