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Fragile by Design – How Social Paralysis Weakens Digital Trust

September 26, 2025

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In cybersecurity and technology governance, we spend endless hours dissecting frameworks, controls and certifications. We argue over Zero Trust architectures, resilience models and assurance seals. Yet there is a much deeper, more uncomfortable layer to the story, one that no encryption algorithm or multi-factor authentication or audit can patch or detect. Our digital trust is […]

When Facts Become Weapons in the new Cold war

September 16, 2025

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In today’s democracies, facts are no longer neutral. They have become weapons. A statistic pulled from context, a story exaggerated beyond proportion or a meme sharpened into a blade can now be deployed as artillery in political trench warfare. The battlefield is not foreign soil, it is our own timelines, group chats and dinner tables, […]

Facial Recognition, Because Freedom Looks Better in Handcuffs

August 13, 2025

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For a party that insists it is on the side of the people, the current UK Labour government shows an increasingly uncomfortable tendency to treat privacy and personal freedom as optional extras, privileges to be granted when convenient, rather than rights to be protected. Recent policy moves reveal a temperament that blends centralised control with […]

Wind, Woke & Wallets

May 25, 2025

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Once upon a post-Cold War time, as the Iron Curtain crumpled and Marx quietly packed his beard in a suitcase, the global collectivist found himself at an awkward crossroads. The great red dream had died, and capitalism had triumphed. Or so it seemed. But as any good ideologue knows, you don’t kill a movement, you […]

Beijing’s ‘Goldfinger Gambit’ – Economic Warfare in Trump’s Trade War

April 11, 2025

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Donald blinked first with his 90 day tariff reprieve for most but China get a further hit from 104% to 125%. If the world thought there was any parity of treatment then that veil has fallen for sure. The 125% uplift lights the afterburners on the U.S. <> China trade war, Beijing is no doubt […]

Supply Chain Data Threatens Trade, Tariffs & UK Digital Sovereignty

April 6, 2025

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We live in a digital global economy shaped by ever-evolving technology, none more complex than the global logistics systems underpinning modern supply chains. These networks connect commodities to consumers through a web of intermediaries and interdependencies, all orchestrated in real time to maximise efficiency. None is more symbolic of the connectedness of these supply chain […]

A Wealth Transfer in Disguse

February 22, 2025

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In a bold move to “modernize” the economy and “unlock Britain’s true potential,” the Chancellor of the Exchequer has unveiled another groundbreaking plan. With no financial expertise, the average Brit is facing the prospect of being almost stripped of a Cash ISA option to insulate them in their retirement. Why? Because apparently, the key to […]