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Malcolm Sparrow in the streets, Stafford Beer in the sheets. Once I wrote about fraud and its detection; currently writing about the industrialisation of decision making in general
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I'm not having Fraser Nelson playing dumb on the rise of racism on the right after years spent printing Murray, Liddle, Taki and Shriver. I literally had a DM row with him years ago where I said this would happen.

submitted 6 hours ago • 41 comments

when the US government "weaponises" something the mental picture ought to be a laser guided cruise missile or something, not one of those cheap guns you can pick up at Walmart if the guy at the coffee shop has annoyed you.

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

"casually" is the key word here. As @abenewman.bsky.social and I say - www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/o... - the Trump administration seems to assume there is no cost or risk to weaponizing infrastructure for short term advantage.

submitted 4 hours ago • 4 comments

Terrific piece by @[email protected]. The dirty secret of Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent that it has never been independent. What would Britain do if America switched it off should be the starting point for any serious debate about UK foreign policy on.ft.com/4b9n4FP

submitted 4 hours ago • 8 comments

Oh, come on. The Conservative Party helped destroyed those places by austerity and Brexit, which together hollowed out local government, abolished RDAs and lost the country Structural Funds. But, sure, let’s pretend it’s all about immigration

submitted 8 hours ago • 16 comments

Come central govt and bail out Slough Our tax system's not working now

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

A great complementarity of interests in this conversation as we all figure out how the infrastructures of the world actually work!

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

GO ON STRIKE GO ON STRIKE GO ON STRIKE. you don't need a union! just hit the bricks!

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Nobody actually has “immigration concerns” that Starmer can in any way address! They want someone to perform joyous cruelty on migrants, and he’s simply not got it in him to be joyous!

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

German diplomat to Clemenceau at the Versailles peace conference: 'I wonder what future historians will say about this?' Clemenceau:'They won't say Belgium invaded Germany.'

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments