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Starmer’s quest for control is a fool’s errand - CapX
WEB10 hours ago · Starmer has been seduced by the glamour of control. It is, no doubt, thrilling for those who find themselves in charge: you can see it in the faces of Labour’s new front bench. Yet as accusations of cronyism and special favours for the chosen few fill the front pages, and as the levers of state start to rattle ineffectively in his hands, the ...
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Twenty ways Ed Miliband can decarbonise on the cheap - CapX
WEB1 day ago · Even better, none of the ideas contradict any of the policies in Labour’s manifesto, although several of them challenge some longstanding bureaucracy and vested interests. But Ed Miliband recently asked the director of the National Grid ESO for ideas on how to decarbonise the electricity system. This paper gives him 20 low-cost, no-regrets ...
Make London Conservative Again - CapX
WEB13 hours ago · It is time that CCHQ took London seriously as a political battleground. Over the coming weeks, CapX will be running a number of perspectives on the future of the Conservative Party. If you have an idea you would like to contribute, get in touch at editors@capx.co. When it comes to considering the politics of our capital city, Conservatives tend ...
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Capitalism still has the X factor - CapX
WEBSep 16, 2024 · Whatever some of its detractors say, capitalism isn’t late: it’s early. Here at CapX, we saw the power of ‘X’ long before Elon Musk made it impossible to ignore. X is weird and a bit ugly, but repays a deeper look. X stands for the excitement of the unknown. It hints at vast treasures waiting to be discovered, while promising an ...
Can Labour deliver a government that works? - CapX
WEB2 days ago · History shows that the current system cannot put Labour's grand plans into operation. Keir Starmer and the Conservative Party agree about one thing: the UK needs a government that works. In his conference speech, the Prime Minister pledged to be a ‘decisive government’ and a ‘great reforming government’ – able as a result to improve ...
What CapX is reading this summer - CapX
WEBAug 9, 2024 · The must-have beach read of the summer, though, is my own book, A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind the Lines On Our Maps, which tells the stories of several dozen lines on maps, from the unification of Ancient Egypt to the very modern debate about where space begins. The TLS …
Weekly Briefing: A busy week for AI - CapX
WEBNov 5, 2023 · It has been a busy week in the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). American President Joe Biden signed an AI executive order (EO), and the British government’s long-awaited AI Safety Summit kicked off in Bletchley Park. What the long term effects of the EO and the summit are remain to be seen, but both provide […]
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