Why the hell isn’t #Fujitsu paying compensation to these ex postmasters. It was their fault entirely, their shoddy work caused all the problems, they should be compensation the victims. #Newsnight #bbcnewsnight
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#Networks with #government, #thinktanks etc for #Birmingham, one of the UK's great but dis-empowered #cities. I own my views but they are socially constructed.
Post office scandal: When will the media ever ask “what will Horizon ever pay in compensation and when will their bosses be brought to justice?” It’s not the government’s fault but they’re paying the bill on behalf of all of us. #newsnight
That tourist at least recognised that tourism can be a burden to local communities, but why book there in July in the first place? We’re going to have to give up on southern Europe holidays in the high summer and go further north or stay in the UK instead. #r4today
Active support or tough love? Whatever you call it, it could be the answer to the youth Neets crisis observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Active support or tough love? Whatever you call it, it co...
A Sunderland community centre shows how mentoring helps young people find work – and why cash benefits are less effective in the long term than tough love and job placements
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AI is getting better at deception than the humans who taught it observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
AI is getting better at deception than the humans who tau...
When advanced OpenAI models hacked an online platform of their own volition, many were left wondering: how do you control a model smarter than you? Experts aren’t sure we can…
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Thames Water investors try to head off government takeover observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Thames Water investors try to head off government takeover
A proposed ‘golden share’ in the debt-laden utility company may not persuade Andy Burnham to do a deal
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Scoff at cheaper bus fares and No 10 North if you like, but Andy Burnham knows what he’s doing | Jonathan Freedland
Retail politics while taking power out of London: if this works, Burnham’s premiership could be seriously transformational, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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This is beyond disgusting - it’s surreal. We need to get a grip on this privatised money grab as soon as possible. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Water bosses’ pay rises despite bonus ban and public fury over bills and pollution
Exclusive: Eight companies expect to be covered by the ban for 2025-26, the Guardian can reveal
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We *never* have an elected PM. Stop repeating the myth without correction! #bbcaq
Let’s explain this simply: in this country we vote for MPs. We don’t vote for the Prime Minister or a President. Why is it so difficult for some to get? #bbcaq
I think it’s Nick Clegg who is being sanctimonious. This is the man who went off to earn millions from Meta after enabling austerity. How dare he lecture the government and “the left” on being sanctimonious! 🙄 #newsnight
Spot on Ms Rayner: that housing target will never be met if we rely on the private sector (and never has been met in that way). We need a public construction company for council housing (with a big training programme) and a big boost to delivery capacity in willing councils. #r4today
Vaping “puts £3bn into the economy every year”. Yes, by exploiting the addicts who use them! Ridiculous. #newsnight
This nonsense of a pre-budget season of speculation that supposedly freezes the economy is a complete media creation. Of course budgets happen once a year. Get over it! #newsnight
Where’s the context on the pavement parking item? Government has legislated to make it illegal but we are waiting for regulations to actually implement it later this year. Hooray! #r4today
The BBC keep using “£18bn per year for social care reforms”. But there is never any explanation of where that figure comes from or what that will deliver (e.g. what about the existing billions going through councils?). Why should govt respond - especially as no plan has yet been agreed? #r4today
This is so boring. Can you stop trying to stir up personality conflicts and try explaining policy instead? #newsnight
The money for council house building has already been allocated - £39bn over ten years from Rachel Reeves’ more flexible borrowing rules. The issue is getting the homes built. Most people don’t realise that councils are no longer in this game and there is no capacity to deliver #newsnight
Christopher 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇮🇪@christophert42.bsky.social · 2w agoThe cost of council house building can be borrowed as it's not day to day spending #newsnight
Not to be mean, but I don’t think there are many Spectator readers who give a toss about the price of bus fares… #newsnight
Of course Howard Davies won’t acknowledge the faults of globalisation over 40 years. The problems that exploded in the financial crash were developing over the previous 20 years. As were the errors of privatisation. #bbcpm
Colson Whitehead: ‘A lot of America is pretty scary’ observer.co.uk/culture/inte... “I like malfunctioning robots a lot more than AI”… 👍
Colson Whitehead: ‘A lot of America is pretty scary’
The two-time Pulitzer prize-winning novelist on the US’s ‘racist impulses’, Zohran Mamdani and the final instalment of his Harlem trilogy
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Rethinking our future: 1) Don’t stop school leavers going to university – just make sure the courses are fit for purpose observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Rethinking our future: Don’t stop school leavers going to...
Talk of replacing degrees with apprenticeships ignores the fact that there are not enough of the latter. Better to broaden the choice and quality of learning available in higher education
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Be bold, Andy Burnham. The cupboard is not as bare as portrayed observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Be bold, Andy Burnham. The cupboard is not as bare as por...
The next PM’s daring is an invaluable asset that could unlock economic mechanisms to find funds for vital public spending
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The Burnham blueprint: is the Manchester model all it’s talked up to be? observer.co.uk/culture/arch...
The Burnham blueprint: is the Manchester model all it’s t...
As mayor of a regenerated city of skyscrapers, Andy Burnham has been caught between winning outside investment and providing for local communities. What does his ‘place first’ motto signal for Britain...
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So come on everyone, close down those siloes and departments, forget hierarchy, learn the art of collaboration and partnership working. It’s relationships that make innovation and make the world go round. #onlyconnect The science of serendipity observer.co.uk/news/science...
The science of serendipity | The Observer
Chance encounters have been behind some of science’s greatest discoveries, from penicillin to gene-editing tools. Could we create more?
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Burnham’s No 10 set for radical transformation in drive to make government more effective observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Burnham’s No 10 set for radical transformation in drive t...
Report by new chief of staff James Purnell calls for creation of powerful executive department dedicated to drawing up and implementing policy
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So, there is a precedent for vetoing an MP's resignation Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842 The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com
#BBCAQ Why are MPs allowed to stand down and then immediately stand up again? If they stand down it should be for a good reason (health, family etc). Not just for personal ambition or to avoid scrutiny.