Senior Advisor @IISS_org and Director of Geopolitical and Intelligence Analyst @EnodoEconomics; author The Great Decoupling 2020

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Joined October 2011
bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgl73px… Open AI’s response is ridiculous. You built and deployed the system and you own the practical, moral and legal consequences. And notifying Australian by routine email is an abdication of responsibility.
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Netanyahu was ‘warned about October 7 by UAE president’. Practically everyone in the region that wasn’t Hamas was sending out warnings, all ignored. thetimes.com/world/middle-ea…
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Also a timely reminder that not everyone living in the British empire saw it as the unmitigated evil depicted by the woke left
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It’s not too late to stop London falling further. Indeed. We could start with a radical revision of libel laws so the “great and good” can no longer use financial muscle to hide from exposure thetimes.com/comment/columni…
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Who are the Makerfield constituents that could choose the next PM? I suppose it’s too much to hope for that the Official Monster Raving Loony Party might take the seat… thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
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Green candidate suggested Israel was behind October 7 attacks. Care in the Community clearly isn’t working thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
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Faisal Islam: Why the government is relaxed about Chinese car imports. All very well. But China is exporting older models with less range and performance than those sold on China. Consumers need to know that bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnv8…
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Chinese retailer takes on Amazon with same-day promise. Interesting. I wonder whether anyone in HMG has considered such issues as what protections there are for customer data and how these will be policed thetimes.com/business/compan…
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Trump learns that not everyone has a price via @FT. Indeed. Thucydides gives the drivers of conflict as fear, honour and advantage -φόβος, τιμή, ωφέλεια. All too often the importance of honour is under-appreciated. giftarticle.ft.com/giftartic…
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Iran war latest: Keir Starmer insists ‘this is not our conflict’. sadly, I don’t think the IRGC sees it that way thetimes.com/world/middle-ea…
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