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Driverless Cars and Delivery Drones – What is the Future of Work?

6/01/2017

Neither Universal basic Income nor six hour Swedish days can meet the challenge of automation CONTINUE READING

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Alexa and Me….

27/12/2016

New technology can give us more than we bargained for. CONTINUE READING

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Devolution & PR: The Antidote to Brexit Poison?

9/12/2016

With the UK government elected by less than 25% of the electorate, the centre left shut out of politics, and SNP-reduced Parliamentary airspace for Labour, is this a perfect storm set to break ?
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Good News Fightback?

2/12/2016

From Richmond to the jungle, is Hope back on the agenda? CONTINUE READING

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Trump: Will he Learn Lessons From History or Repeat Them?

18/11/2016

Trump’s election cannot be normalised. This is serious. CONTINUE READING

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A New Populism? Talk Like You Mean It

11/11/2016

The starting point for a new populism is to understand just how difficult it will be. CONTINUE READING

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Remote, illiterate, self-interested – Government’s own experts slam UK digital programme

2/11/2016

Systemic failings in the Government’s digital programmes cost us more than £2bn of lost savings. CONTINUE READING

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Servant or Master? What Will be our Relationship With a Digital Economy

1/11/2016

I worry when digital experts talk gleefully about ripping down barriers and creating a brave new world. CONTINUE READING

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MacKenzie hijab row: Does Regulator’s Ruling Miss Wood for Trees?

22/10/2016

To use one young Muslim woman as a battering ram for an argument that is as much about privatising Channel 4 as anything else is crass, unhelpful and should be actionable. CONTINUE READING

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Safe Spaces and the “Right” to be Offended

27/09/2016

There is a world of difference between feeling threatened and being offended CONTINUE READING

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