My Diigo

"Burnham’s ministerial appointees, to the right of himself, might indicate the direction of his government, writes SOLOMON HUGHES" Annotations: Starmer was defeated largely from the left. […]

This essay makes the case for a new deal for Britain’s relationship with Europe and Ukraine, Nick argues that Britain’s postwar strategy – resting on NATO and European integration – is unravelling as America pivots toward containing China and […]

Left CLP reps report back from Labour’s National Executive Committee meeting held on Tuesday 28th July. Annotations: Jess Barnard asked for an update on membership, noting the […]

From the European Parliament, I say, "One of the issues I rarely consider when looking at democratic reform is term limits, although I am in favour of them for Mayors. I note that they are more common in Presidential republics, as in Parliaments, people […]

By Carole Cadwalladyr, hte death and life of the bad boys of brexit and their questionable funding, resurrected by the Sundat Times. Annotations: PayPal wouldn’t respond to my press […]

2025, also ranks governments, the UK does surprisingly well. Tags: politics digitaleconomy OECD

Bold, British Cooking Made For Connection Tags: culture london restautant

He says, "Don’t let margins fool you", I say, paying debt interest is an operational cost, and I am not sure that you can make the GPUs last 6 years, which the author uses in his current account P&L table. I am unclear if he's right about the […]

More than a Sankey diagram: inspect flow, reach, outcomes, and anomalies in one click. Get started with the Free Edition directly within Excel. Tags: technology excel […]

"And the left secured his humiliation. by Paul Holden 17 July 2026" Annotations: He could only see calls for an end to ceaseless slaughter through the lens of an intra-party battle that he […]

Actually an extract from a book, Mr. President: How and Why the Founders Created a Chief Executive by Ray Raphael. Copyright © 2012 by Ray Raphael. This quote is about the moving of resolution 7, proposing a single executive. It also reviews Robert […]

Matthew Harries reflects on the different models the UK could pursue in shaping its relationship with the European Union. And yet again, has no view on what the EU might want. Annotations: […]

"Vendors are trying to position "confidential computing" as the technical backbone of Europe's sovereign cloud ambitions. But new research shows that a security protocol used to prove cryptographic trust in the system may have a fundamental architectural […]

From the House of Lords Library, on nthe Kings Speech 2026 Tags: politics starmeradministration europeanunion growth […]

A brief review Tags: politics europeanunion euro

The buzzword in Brussels is simplification. In reality it's a euphemism for sweeping deregulation and it marks a dramatic U-turn for the European Union. For decades, the EU prided itself on being a regulatory superpower, capable of extending its influence […]

This is long, and not yet read. It seems to identify hurdles and failues and is an important piece of evidence related to UK's digital trasnformation.

"The dust has not entirely settled and there is still detail to follow. But we know that the Government Digital Service (GDS) is moving into the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DDCMS). We also know that responsibility for AI is being […]

"f those acronyms mean nothing to you then this blog post is not for you. It’s written in response to the news that the Government Digital Service (GDS) and the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), and the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI) […]

Also a critique of social democratic reformism and what he calls distributionism Annotations: It is highly unlikely, for the reasons Kautsky describes, that workers can exercise control […]