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Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivered a speech at the Innovation Nation Summit this morning. It's a really good speech, not in my mind, one that Starmer or Reeves would have made. Devolution of industrial planning, innovation in all industries, inclusive […]

"Hey Uncle Sam, if you thought GPT-5.6 and Claude Fable 5 were scary, get a load of Kimi K3" Tags: technology artificialintelligence ai […]

It's not really going down Tags: politics immigration refugees

The About page at Michael F. Rumsby's web site. Tags: culture art michaelfrumsby

"UK classifies Syria as safe to return to despite UN refugee body’s advice" Annotations: “It’s unsafe for all of us to go back to Syria. By revoking our refugee status the Home Office […]

"One year after the UK and US announced their Technology Prosperity Deal, our new briefing finds that the UK’s approach to negotiating with Donald Trump has delivered little certainty while leaving key areas of public policy increasingly vulnerable to […]

Shabana Mahmood's speech to Labour Party Conference 2026 – The Labour Party, the text version Annotations: Why must a Labour Home Secretary restore control at our border? Why must a […]

As foreign secretary, much attention has been placed on what he said about the middle east, Israel and BDS but he also spoke about the EU & AI. Annotations: We need to be honest about […]

Helpfully explaining the factions Tags: politics labour NEC

The text version at the Labour Party press office site. Annotations: I will say it straight. Britain has been on the wrong path for a long time. Deindustrialisation. Deregulation. […]

"Most importantly, Burnham has articulated something which has been obvious for some time and yet largely unsayable, at least by political leader" Annotations: , it is important to record […]

A list of talking heads basically arguing not so fast Tags: politics labour rejoineu #lab26 europeanunion

The i on Labour's pre-conference shenanigans on relations with the EU, an analysis of the balance of forces, and a couple of the usual talking heads. Tags: politics labour […]

Richard Corbett on what "all options" means. Looking at the inadequacy of the customs union and single market as stopping points. Tags: politics labour europeanunion […]

A few days after the big Burnham speech in Liverpool, Bryn Griffiths, the host of our Labour Left Podcast, spent his Saturday reflecting upon what it all meant. His first stop was the Momentum National Coordinating Group and then it was on to Lewes Labour […]

Woman who was immediately sacked when she insulted her manager during a row wins unfair dismissal case Tags: politics employeeprotection dickhead […]

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Monetary Policy can drive growth Tags: politics economics macroeconomics annepettifor monetarypolicy

Exclusive: Unison general secretary Andrea Egan has accused Shabana Mahmood of putting up a “wall of silence” by refusing to meet with the union raising concerns over immigration reforms. Tags: politics […]