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I'm pro-assisted dying in principle, but I'm not sure about the proposed law

Is no law better than a bad law?

Nov 19 •

Odds and Ends #43: An awesome drone trial in central London, legalised e-scooters at last, and National Data Library progress

And yes, I am on Bluesky.

Nov 18 •

39:11

WATCH: Were the US election polls right?

My conversation with polling guru Mark Pack

Nov 15 •

and

Odds and Ends #42: An Elizabeth Line extension, some mad planning law nonsense, and the world's most pointless letter

Your regular round-up of interesting links

Nov 13 •

Four big US election takes: Yes, it was the woke stuff.

Plus how to know when the Democrats are taking their problems seriously, the one good thing Trump might do, and why the polls were right

Nov 11 •

Keir Starmer needs to prepare for a world without America

Today's empires, tomorrow's ashes.

Nov 7 •

How I learned to stop worrying and love the military industrial complex

Whether Trump wins or loses today, Europe should tool up and prepare to fight.

Nov 5 •

Nobody knows what the National Data Library is (not even the government)

A policy wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma

Oct 29 •

Here's how AI can REDUCE health misinformation

How the government can build a bullshit detector

Oct 22 •

LISTEN: Why Britain needs nuclear (and how we can actually build it)

My nuclear chat with Zion Lights

Oct 17 •

and

36:34

We're not ready for the imminent explosion in space technology

Elon is good again (at least until his next tweet)

Oct 15 •

Odds and Ends #41: Three quick hits for you this Sunday

A reminder! A podcast! And... postcodes.

Oct 13 •

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