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Starmer shouldn't give a conference speech – he should give an Apple-style keynote
The format is tired and it is time to think different.
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Reform in Kent is going... about as well as you expect (Odds and Ends #76)
Plus the Starship doubters are wrong again. And why are streaming apps so unambitious?
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This is how we pay for the Bakerloo Line extension
One weird trick can extend the Tube, level up the north and make the Treasury happy.
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LISTEN: How to extend the Bakerloo line
Plus what does Sam Freedman think of 'Abundance'?
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The Mayor of London is posting nonsense (Odds and Ends #75)
Plus the US debate over moderation, and what a certain, notorious, ex-LibDem MP is doing these days
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Make Britain Fat Again
Plus why deleting photos won't save water and more lessons from HS2
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Exclusive: Poll reveals the British public back ending the Sunday Trading nightmare
It's time for change and that time is 6pm on a Sunday evening.
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I still think AI will eat the world
Even if the utopian predictions prove false, Large Language Models are still a big deal
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Why the revival of Northern Powerhouse Rail could save HS2 to Manchester
Known Facts + Wild Speculation = Cope
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James and Martin have a big fight about AI
Is it a big deal or a big nothing? We have an actual rational and sensible debate.
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It’s time to end the Sunday Trading farce
The old arguments no longer make sense (if they ever did).
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The Telegraph's dumb criticism of the government's housing record (Odds and Ends #74)
Plus trans-rights polling, Uber and...wrestling.
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