I run an organisation that designs policy and campaigns on foreign policy, gender, health and rights. Used to work in two Parliaments. Mancunian in Canada
Lauren Dobson-Hughes
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Look, the World Cup food discourse seems cute right now, but it will morph within four posts into Americans slamming British curry and nobody needs that again
(The idea that a dish invented in Britain by someone born in Britain, cannot be British simply because said person was brown, is racist. The concept of indigenous British people who can only ever be white is a concept espoused by racist parties)
"For many core issues in LMICs, the rate limiting factor isn’t anything that AI provides"
Why AI won't be the next leapfrog for low-income countries. And look at the stats on AI detection rates for Africa. Dismal
newsletter.deenamousa.com/p/ai-wont-be...
Every time I read something about Lemn Sissay, I learn something profound
What an incredible man
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
Having worked on gender equality with Melinda French Gates for ten years, she does indeed have a core of steel. A formidable woman
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
My cousin was evacuated from the Arndale Centre just 45 mins before the bomb exploded. We heard the blast from my house
30 years after the IRA bombing of Manchester, this is a painstaking, excellent investigation into who ordered it and how it happened
manchestermill.co.uk/the-ira-men-...
The IRA bombing of Manchester was a seminal moment. Largest bomb since WWII, a blast heard 15 miles away
It was evidently the IRA but I never realised authorities knew who ordered and carried it out, but suppressed it to protect the peace process
manchestermill.co.uk/the-ira-men-...
“Five years in and it is getting worse. It is a stain on our world. But the courage of Afghan women is extraordinary.”
Lise Doucet's new book highlights Afghanistan's worsening gender apartheid. A story told through the lens of a hotel in Kabul.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
OK but Partey is currently on bail in the UK, awaiting trial for seven counts of rape and sexual assault of four different women
Canada seems to be well within its rights to decline a visa here
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Lauren Dobson-Hughes
"Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully. This is not a serious person, but his abuse of the world is deadly serious. ..."
The world’s first trillionaire is a killer www.theverge.com/tech/949259/...
