One of what must be the greatest sources of irritation for politicians is that they are constantly bombarded with unsolicited advice. Everyone seems to know…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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“We should all by now recognise that the challenges thrown up by AI are political in nature,” says a great recent article in the Financial Times. I…
Where will AI take us? This is a question that is occupying many today. So I thought I’d try an experiment.I set ChatGPT the following…
Poor old Andrew Bridgen, the formerly Conservative MP for North West Leicestershire, as left alone in the Commons chamber when he asked a question about…
I remember thinking, during the Brexit campaign back in 2016, that if only the Remain side had made sure that their opponents did not get…
There is an old joke about a particularly polluted city in south Wales which involves asking someone whether that orb in the sky is the…
The Gary Lineker saga raises a number of questions that risk getting lost in the hysterical media frenzy that has surrounded the episode. I will…
Just one year ago, President Putin took the heavy decision to go to war against his neighbor. Was Ukraine a threat to Russia’s existence, sovereignty…
There is a line in James Graham’s play This House, about the Tory and L:abour whips offices from 1974 to 1979. Graham puts it into the mouth…
After the tour of Europe and Moscow by Wang Yi, the top Chinese diplomat, the Ukrainian president declared, in his press conference of February 24…
I have been writing a book about Robert Oppenheimer, the man who created the A-bob, only to fall foul of the McCarthyite atmosphere of 1954…
The case of Kate Forbes and her seemingly doomed pitch for the leadership of the Scottish National Party (SNP) is filling many column inches. Ben…