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The speech Andy Burnham should give
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This will be the first Labour Party conference in five years where I do not have a degree of agency over what the leader will say. To which I can only say: good! In fact, to paraphrase Sir Steve Redgrav...
Collective stupidity is a security threat
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The announcement this week by Andy Burnham of a new National Centre for Information Defence (NCID) marks an important change in how we think about security and a potentially radical shift towards what I call...
Burnham should call a Europe election
The PM needs a political and economic escape route
Become a paid subscriber today to receive an invite to the next Arguably drinks in Westminster on Thursday 29 October, when George Eaton, David Lawrence and Martha Dacombe will discuss the...
Why Burnham needs a ‘DOGE on tax’
Chancellor John Healey speaks as Andy Burnham hosts his first weekly cabinet meeting in 10 Downing Street, 2026. Photo: Lauren Hurley. CC.
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Announcing his 1988 Budget, Chancellor Nigel Lawson said that “while tax reform is a...
Britain can’t ban its way to AI power
In a dangerous moment, the UK needs to play up its soft-power capabilities
The long-expected news came last week. The FT reported that the UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) had not been offered access to Anthropic’s latest large language m...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Editor-in-Chief and co-founder, Arguably: the new home of progressive ideas and debate.
Professor of Political Science, Sky News Elections Analyst and author of (among other things) "Brexitland", "The British General Election of 2024", "The British General Election of 2019" and "Sex, Lies and Politics"
Notes on Local Government is written by Jack Shaw and brought to you by Groundwork Research, a non-partisan, mission-driven research consultancy committed to exploring the knottiest policy challenges.
Director of Education at No More Marking. Author of 7 Myths about Education, Making Good Progress & Teachers vs Tech.
I write about politics, technology, and institutional change.
Sir Geoff Mulgan is Professor at UCL; former CEO of Nesta; former CEO of Young Foundation; head of policy in UK Prime Minister's office; head of UK government strategy unit; director of Demos and author of many books.
Assistant professor and social data scientist. Attempting to bring you data-driven takes.
Mostly data analysis of politics and elections with some other musings thrown in too
Writer and Visiting Fellow at Chatham House. Former Special Adviser in the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Justice.
Cofounder at the Centre for British Progress, columnist for Arguably
First MP to be born and grow up in Milton Keynes. Former Pollster.
Writer. Assitant Editor @Arguably. Cinephile and Sinophile.
Lead researcher at Demos working on econoimc policy and political economy
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