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Omar Salem
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Climb every mountain. Founder of @BetterDaddies.com. Labour activist. Views personal. 🎾📸
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · 13d
We stand with you.
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · 17d
Masterclass in how to deliver a conference reception speech from @dantomlinson.bsky.social at @labourgrowth.bsky.social.

This guy is going to go far…
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · 20d
Digital IDs have the potential to be an invaluable weapon against the growing tide of fraud, while facilitating access to public and private sector services.

They also create a dividing line with Reform.

Just please do them in a smart way that actually works.

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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · 20d
I opposed ID cards when they were proposed by the last Labour government.

I think the digitisation of society over the last 20 years has changed the calculus.

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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · Jun 7
“You could have had it all” probably not the most sensitive lyric for the pre-trophy presentation highlights for the French Open women’s singles final.
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · May 29
Has anyone got a video of Fergal Keane’s interview with Tom Fletcher that was just on BBC News at Ten?
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · May 10
Also, it’s not just about how much your office could do, you could also get quality improvement.

AI is not (necessarily) just about productivity in the sense of how much you can do.
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · May 10
I disagree. Train them up (if necessary) to use it effectively. Or you could also ban them from using Google…🤣
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · May 9
Peak.
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · Apr 22
Totally intrigued by this sales decision.
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · Apr 21
There are also big class divisions opening up between those in professional jobs that provide paid parental leave for dads and those in jobs that don’t.
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · Apr 21
Good article and comment. I think there are those considerations but that doesn’t mean you can’t shift the overall calculus or the culture. Associated to that is ensuring there is adequate support for dads returning from parental leave.
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · Apr 15
I’m trying to explain who Sarah Vine is. Does anyone have a selection of her finest* columns?
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · Apr 2
You’re not in any way partisan by any chance?
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · Mar 28
The Guardian really telling us who it thinks its readership is:
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · Mar 22
I think it is a distinction between being persecuted and being in danger.
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · Mar 22
This is a better critique: youtu.be/tOESjT-Qw2A?...
Eshaan Akbar HATES Transport for London | Live at the Apollo
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · Mar 22
I think you are making the assumption that not knowing the number by heart is the main barrier to people making reports, which I think is unlikely.
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · Mar 19
It’s not really a soft left thing. This is not a typical Labour view.

it’s just that I’m interested in financial regulation and have done quite a lot of research on this which someday I will get round to publishing.

There is a flavour of it here: www.lse.ac.uk/law/events/R...
Regulation of Household Credit in the UK before the Financial Crisis: deregulation, market building or inadequate regulation?
Join the LSE Law ELLM Alumni Association for the next virtual event on UK household credit regulation.
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · Mar 19
You’re drawing on New Labour’s economic record to argue against Labour’s current approach.

I’m just saying that there are some major issues with New Labour’s economic record.

I am not necessarily saying that what you are saying about the current Labour government is wrong.
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · Mar 19
Yes but New Labour’s cash redistribution was funded by credit expansion that contributed to major pain for the poor up until today, while
reluctance to interfere in the market arguable led to the failure to regulate banks properly.
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · Mar 19
No but these are ultimately relative matters so it’s necessary to look at both sides of the New Labour copybook.

I’m just saying that I don’t think culpability for allowing too much credit / not regulating banks effectively should be skipped over in the analysis.
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · Mar 19
Fair point that everyone gets free healthcare. My main point is really on the credit/bank regulation side.
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · Mar 19
Free healthcare?
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Omar Salem @omarsalem.com · Mar 19
Yes but:

1. It depends how you define redistribution.

2. That growth was on the back of credit expansion in the economy, the impact of which we are still recovering from.

I’m not saying New Labour did not achieve a lot but I think there is a bit of a blind spot around credit and bank regulation.
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