Senior Advisor @IISS_org and Director of Geopolitical and Intelligence Analyst @EnodoEconomics; author The Great Decoupling 2020
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thetimes.com/uk/crime/articl….. I really don’t think this can of worms should be opened.
bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgl73px… Open AI’s response is ridiculous. You built and deployed the system and you own the practical, moral and legal consequences. And notifying Australian by routine email is an abdication of responsibility.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr89…. Amazing to see such profound strategic depth and broad -ranging ambition.
Netanyahu was ‘warned about October 7 by UAE president’. Practically everyone in the region that wasn’t Hamas was sending out warnings, all ignored. thetimes.com/world/middle-ea…
Why a Hindu war veteran always fasted for Ramadan. And these are the people far-right bigots want to get rid of…. thetimes.com/uk/history/arti…
It’s not too late to stop London falling further. Indeed. We could start with a radical revision of libel laws so the “great and good” can no longer use financial muscle to hide from exposure thetimes.com/comment/columni…
Chinese mega-embassy court challenge rejected. Good. This really has been done to death. thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
Who are the Makerfield constituents that could choose the next PM? I suppose it’s too much to hope for that the Official Monster Raving Loony Party might take the seat… thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
Greens’ Makerfield candidate wants farming to be ‘decolonised’. How depressing to think that taxpayers’ money is given to “academics” to teach this vacuous drivel thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
Green candidate suggested Israel was behind October 7 attacks. Care in the Community clearly isn’t working thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
Morrisons manager sacked after 29 years ‘for tackling shoplifter’ Unbelievable. thetimes.com/uk/crime/articl…
Faisal Islam: Why the government is relaxed about Chinese car imports. All very well. But China is exporting older models with less range and performance than those sold on China. Consumers need to know that bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnv8…
Chinese retailer takes on Amazon with same-day promise. Interesting. I wonder whether anyone in HMG has considered such issues as what protections there are for customer data and how these will be policed thetimes.com/business/compan…
Trump learns that not everyone has a price via @FT. Indeed. Thucydides gives the drivers of conflict as fear, honour and advantage -φόβος, τιμή, ωφέλεια. All too often the importance of honour is under-appreciated.
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Iran war latest: Keir Starmer insists ‘this is not our conflict’. sadly, I don’t think the IRGC sees it that way thetimes.com/world/middle-ea…
And there is Goodhart’s Law which holds that when a measure becomes an objective it ceases to be a useful measure spectator.com/article/the-re…
