Burnham's closing address video really is excellent and remarkable - but I do wonder how a candidate who has defined himself so clearly as being from and for one area of the country can govern the whole
🎤 Government, Power and Artificial Intelligence Policy
Recording of my talk at the Cambridge University Science and Policy Exchange on
- the concept of power,
- changing understanding of the role of government in tech
- how government is shaping AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNo5... #AI
The Makerfield by-election could mark a turning point in the UK's history. Which might be appropriate for a seat which has a Dangerous Corner - although not all there is as it seems. Find out more in Andrew's Previews: andrewspreviews.substack.com/p/previewing...
Discussion courses on current affairs & contemporary history (previous post), arts, music, civics, ‘living’ - is this one of the policy solutions for loneliness in society & community cohesion? @jocoxfoundation.bsky.social
Arrived today from 1937 in the USA: What an adult education college offered as evening classes. Cambridge (UK) doesn’t have anything of this scope in one place/institution. 1/3 —>
Read the full report here: re-state.co.uk/publications...
James Austin
Mini-thread on how to hold combined authorities accountable given that only London has a directly-elected assembly for that purpose.
Have you listened to this podcast? Makes the point that Steve Richards keeps making about the Left needing to develop a more compelling story about culture, and recapture "freedom" from the Right bsky.app/profile/rafa... This book review by Martin Wolf is interesting in that context as well.
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Public speaking - multiple options in an era when TV & radio were still emerging. 2/3 —>
Video
Re:State
Inga Ulnicane
Andrew Teale
YouTube video by Cambridge University Science and Policy Exchange
England has long been outlier when it comes to tax centralisation. Central government in the UK raises over 90 per cent of overall revenues compared to an average of 53.2 per cent across OECD countrie...
New: A build-to-rent landlord has used a loophole in the new Renters’ Rights Act to demand a 10% rent hike
Get Living is using the legislation to treat a flatmate leaving as a new tenancy – allowing it to request a rent increase
living.insidehousing.co.uk/news/reveale...
There seems to be a lack of oversight of what "they" (and we, as the public) want from the "bus network" in CPCA. Individual reports (services review, re-imagined routes, BSIP, strategy) don't appear to align. There's mentions of coverage standards, of various policies and improvements, but I'm ...
New episode of Politics on the Couch! A conversation with Liam Byrne about populism, its emotional resonance, economic drivers, compelling stories and how to counter them. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
