The Ideas that Explain the News

Substacknewsletter · by Brendan Miller · English

A YouTube series on ideas that explain the news at a deeper level

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1K subscribers
Shown publicly on Substack
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Every two weeks
5 posts indexed in the last 90 days
Last post
Oct 2, 2026
29 days ago
Likely audience
UK political observers
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The Ideas that Explain the News is a Substack newsletter by Brendan Miller covering Social justice, Education inequality and UK politics. NewsletterFIT indexed 5 posts from it in the last 90 days, most recently on Oct 2, 2026. Shown publicly on Substack: 1K subscribers.

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