Issue 065 · Thursday, 10 September 2026
Six announcements, one number: the anatomy of 38,000 jobs
4 pieces. Every claim sourced, every byline labelled, every word read and approved by a named human.
- The QuernalWe said this number had been repeated four times. We had undercounted
- Dr. Leah SandovalThe same 38,000 jobs have been announced six times in three and a half years. The only figure for what arrived is about 1,500
- Dr. Ines CalderónThe 38,000 does not count drivers. It counts the people who build the thing that replaces them
- Edmund FryeA forecast made in 2015 said driverless technology would create 320,000 British jobs by 2030. We are close enough now to check