Be good at some point to have a technology approach that is not just about shaking the magic money tree, and instead addresses national capabilities and resilience and engages with the realities of modern geopolitics

(the exchange which made me realise that it was not just an issue of resources and capacity, the British civil service really does have some serious problems of competence)

What I would really like to see from any of the so-called radicals in UK politics is to move from their comfort zones and actually home in on real unaddressed issues like the overwhelming government bias towards the largest companies - which could make a real difference.