PAF

Free the PAF! Watch the video of my Postcode Address File talk last night

One for the O'Malley completists

Oct 2 •

Come to my talk about the Postcode Address File!

Free talk, free PAF?

Aug 27 •

This confidential government report proves that we need to liberate the Postcode Address File

This is the Pentagon Papers for the UK address database

Aug 23 •

Odds and Ends #38: A critical British data asset is at risk in the Royal Mail sale

Plus thoughts from the Progressive Britain conference, and the next AI revolution

May 17 •

I arguably memed the House of Lords into debating the Postcode Address File

The posting to debate-in-the-Lords pipeline

Mar 28 •

Odds and Ends #33: Saluting our Millennium Bug heroes

Plus Masters of the Air, an eCall update – and some PAF news (of course)

Mar 23 •

Odds and Ends #29: How Thorpe Park was held back by Britain's planning laws

Plus big names back the PAF liberation amendment, and a suspiciously familiar story in the Daily Mail.

Feb 23 •

🚨 The House of Lords could liberate the Postcode Address File if they back this amendment 🚨

Time to apply some Peer pressure

Feb 14 •

Odds and Ends #25: Exclusive! Salisbury Zizzi struck by health and safety problem six years after the poisonings

In which I (sort of) do some investigative journalism. Plus more on local news, culture wars, and freestyle rap.

Jan 25 •

Here's the plan to actually liberate the Postcode Address File

What the government needs to do to end the tax on innovation

Jan 4 •

I had a meeting with the Shadow Business Secretary about the Postcode Address File (!)

Meme the change you want to see in the world

Nov 7, 2023 •

Odds and Ends #8: What's going on inside Keir Starmer's head?

Plus pitching the PAF to the Treasury, an infuriating Star Trek Review and more.

Sep 28, 2023 •

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