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Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 31 March 2024 English
A few weeks ago I was doing a talk to a group of headteachers, running through each of the big challenges a new Labour government will have to deal with …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 27 March 2024 English
Plus what’s coming up and my book is coming out
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 24 March 2024 English
During the early 1980s there were regular protests in the UK against nuclear weapons accompanied by intense debates about the morality and credibility of deterrence. Most memorable was the Woman’s …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 20 March 2024 English
I’m often asked at events to predict Labour’s likely majority and I never know quite what to say. I like to be data driven but the best models are spitting …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 16 March 2024 English
According to the Secretary of Defence, Grant Shapps, we are in a ‘pre-war’ period. The growing sense of alarm reflects the challenging situation in Ukraine, the intense militarization of Russia, …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 13 March 2024 English
I have been challenged by readers to write something less depressing about the state of the country. Not an easy task. But there is one area where the UK is …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 10 March 2024 English
Making Russia Great Again?
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 6 March 2024 English
This post is not going to discuss the individual measures in the budget. There is no point. You might as well worry about the window boxes on a house that …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 2 March 2024 English
An Israeli tank on the border with Gaza, 26th February 2024 (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images) The foreign ministers of the G20 group, made up of the world’s …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 28 February 2024 English
Using a new AI research tool to understand the complexities