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The Illusion of Change, Why Consensus Politics Risks Locking Britain Into Decay

October 25, 2025

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With more than three years of Labour’s tax-and-spend politics likely ahead of us, even the most steadfast critics might be forgiven for hoping that some measure of sensibility would eventually prevail. The appointment of a new Labour Party Deputy Leader offered the faintest glimmer of hope, a moment where fresh leadership could signal a change […]

If AI’s Economic Promise Is to Manifest, We Must Fix the Data Dysfunction

October 22, 2025

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Further to the theme of some of my recent missives there is continued, governments and economists are pinning their hopes on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to revive sluggish productivity, trim runaway public spending and give overworked public services a long-overdue upgrade. AI is being positioned as the economic superhero of our age, faster, cheaper, tireless. However, […]

Is Cybersecurity the New Economic Policy?

October 18, 2025

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I wrote about Cyber Security as the new business operating model back in 2017 – Cyber Security – The new Operating Model and it has continued to reinforce itself ever since, growning into an economy grade question. In today’s digital-first economy, cybersecurity has moved from the boardroom now to the heart of policy makers economic […]

Is The AI Boom just the Birth of New Infrastructure?

October 12, 2025

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The weekends news has been full of the doom-mongers gurning at the AI boom or should we call it a bubble? Which got me thinkng, we have been here before have we not? When inflated expectations, fuelled by investor FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), surge to irrational heights before the inevitable correction. Then comes the […]