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Max Emmett
@maxemmett.bsky.social
UCL Political Theory PhD. Thinking about civil servants, what they get up to, and whether they should stop.
Really good piece on AI and policy making. A related hang up I've been thinking about is whether we would want to move away from a government of persons to one of machines. Humans bring lots of flaws to the policy making process but it feels maybe important to democracy that the flaws are human.
How does policymaking survive in an age of automation?

Our blog today, by @patrickking.bsky.social, looks at the future of what he calls the 'policy-industrial complex'👇

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The policy-industrial complex - REFORM
reform.uk
April 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Today is Quintidi the 15th of Pluviôse in the year 233.
Pluviôse is the month of rain.
Today we celebrate cows.#JacobinDay

More information on cows
February 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is such an important time for the UK to show credible leadership on climate change. This would be a dreadful decision at any time but the government can't keep talking out of both sides of its mouth on climate issues like this.
January 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Having to revise the terminology for a whole paper because the phrase ‘committing a tactical leak’ is too evocative of going to the toilet before a long film in the cinema.
November 28, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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This clearly says the question I've been struggling to articulate on Labour's message.

What is the pain for?

In 2010 the objective of deficit reduction was clear and you could understand how cuts contributed to it. This failed and was ideologically driven but you could use it to interpret policy
Five signals that will show whether Labour is really governing in a different way | Institute for Government
The autumn presents a unique moment for the new government
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
September 1, 2024 at 9:31 PM
This clearly says the question I've been struggling to articulate on Labour's message.

What is the pain for?

In 2010 the objective of deficit reduction was clear and you could understand how cuts contributed to it. This failed and was ideologically driven but you could use it to interpret policy
Five signals that will show whether Labour is really governing in a different way | Institute for Government
The autumn presents a unique moment for the new government
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
September 1, 2024 at 9:31 PM