Keeping score · Issue 027 · Saturday, 18 July 2026
From the editor
Watch the pointless game on purpose. If you were half-planning to skip the third-place match, don't. Gather whoever is about, put the kettle on late, and give a Saturday evening to something that produces nothing. The point is the shared hour, not the score.
Read the first economic plan for one word. When the new government sets out its plans, expected on the 24th, read past the cost-of-living lines and check whether it names the future of work at all. Our Ledger will be doing the same, in public.
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