Elon Musk > Shakespeare

Due a reappraisal as PM. Actually a pretty innovative government despite all his problems with the Euro sceptics.

Absolutely and why I continue to subscribe. Their various podcasts are also very good.

Very unlike the FT to make an error like that, but obviously possible.

Andrew Bailey, who Rupert Lowe is calling on to resign over this concocted “scandal”

Not just women.

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TPE is an oxymoron.

The Coalition ripped out a lot of capacity and I’m not sure that it’s ever been put back. One area where AI isn’t going to be a substitute for people. Geoff Mulgan did a blog post on this which I can’t find but discusses it here youtu.be/ZHbPxGCAQMI?...

All true but “everyone has a plan until they punched in the mouth” as a great philosopher once said. Having been on the ground in quite a few crises (including swine flu) a key challenge is having the knowledge and flexibility to be able to respond to an evolving situation. 1/2

Lawrence Freedman had an excellent substack on why this isn’t going to happen. Contains the delightful detail that Witkoff’s nickname in Washington is Dim Philby

Quite.

I’m old enough to have followed his career from his early days in Granada. I met him once in a work context when he was full on the 24 Hour Party People character and hilarious with it. I also employed him to run an event and he was an absolute pro.

Given the opportunity to fudge and create wriggle room, when challenged she always doubled down. Something a skilled political operator would never do. Similarly there have been enough occasions since which could have given an excuse to change course and here we are.

He certainly did.

I’d have expected her to talk to Osborne who, like her (and Brown) was always trying to draw political dividing lines and over complicate the tax system by clever “wheezes”.

I have no great affection for Queen but liked it (which may well be significant).

Bohemian Rhapsody, I Walk The Line and Control were pretty good as well. 24 Hour Party People had its moments.