Shadi Brazell
@shadibrazell.bsky.social
South Londoner. Former Labour PAd, interested the power of places and getting stuff done.
Too scared to post in the other place...maybe I'll do better here, maybe not.
Too scared to post in the other place...maybe I'll do better here, maybe not.
This is really very good and you should read it. @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com as so often articulating things impeccably - right down to the impulse just to go "waaahh", which I really share
it's published! finally! in this week's newsletter: my attempt to go through every single reason why I both dislike and distrust generative AI: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/11-things-... [free to read!]
May 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This is really very good and you should read it. @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com as so often articulating things impeccably - right down to the impulse just to go "waaahh", which I really share
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If this government is serious about helping people back into work, it should be thinking about the quality of support job centres provide - not restricting access to benefits.
@pollardtom.bsky.social spoke to the @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/2ea2...
@pollardtom.bsky.social spoke to the @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/2ea2...
February 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
If this government is serious about helping people back into work, it should be thinking about the quality of support job centres provide - not restricting access to benefits.
@pollardtom.bsky.social spoke to the @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/2ea2...
@pollardtom.bsky.social spoke to the @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/2ea2...
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I've summarised the paper in a blog here. My co-author @shadibrazell.bsky.social has consistently reminded us that ‘culture eats strategy for breakfast.' Collaboration has to be thought of across gov as both a value to cultivate and a skill to teach www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/2025/01/30/g...
Greater than the sum of our parts: Delivering missions in partnership with civil society organisations - Future Governance Forum
To fulfil ambitious missions, Government must form a genuine two-way partnership between civil society and the state.
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I've summarised the paper in a blog here. My co-author @shadibrazell.bsky.social has consistently reminded us that ‘culture eats strategy for breakfast.' Collaboration has to be thought of across gov as both a value to cultivate and a skill to teach www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/2025/01/30/g...
Nick Grimshaw and Amol Rajan having an absolute ball on 6music this morning is doing the most for a grim grey morning
December 18, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Nick Grimshaw and Amol Rajan having an absolute ball on 6music this morning is doing the most for a grim grey morning
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Reflecting on Starmer’s comments on the CS yday and on the response it’s got in Whitehall since.
If there’s any piece of advice I’d give Starmer - and at this fragile juncture I want to shout it from the rooftops - it would be:
‘Blame the system, not the people’.
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If there’s any piece of advice I’d give Starmer - and at this fragile juncture I want to shout it from the rooftops - it would be:
‘Blame the system, not the people’.
🧵
December 6, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Reflecting on Starmer’s comments on the CS yday and on the response it’s got in Whitehall since.
If there’s any piece of advice I’d give Starmer - and at this fragile juncture I want to shout it from the rooftops - it would be:
‘Blame the system, not the people’.
🧵
If there’s any piece of advice I’d give Starmer - and at this fragile juncture I want to shout it from the rooftops - it would be:
‘Blame the system, not the people’.
🧵
Good morning from a frosty Didsbury...yes, it is cold, but the light is lovely
November 21, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Good morning from a frosty Didsbury...yes, it is cold, but the light is lovely
Still figuring out next move work-wise, but hugely enjoying doing some thinking with @gracewyld.bsky.social & others for @futuregovforum.bsky.social on how central Gov can and should work in closer partnership with civil society organisations to make progress on the missions 🤓 👀
November 18, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Still figuring out next move work-wise, but hugely enjoying doing some thinking with @gracewyld.bsky.social & others for @futuregovforum.bsky.social on how central Gov can and should work in closer partnership with civil society organisations to make progress on the missions 🤓 👀
Generally, I feel smug and superior about our small telly (intellectual snob / puritan vibes). International rugby season is a huge exception to that...
November 16, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Generally, I feel smug and superior about our small telly (intellectual snob / puritan vibes). International rugby season is a huge exception to that...
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My first post has to be a shoutout to @jesstud.bsky.social for the Bluesky public policy starter pack. What a time saver!
a man with a beard applauds in front of a crowd with a star in the corner
ALT: a man with a beard applauds in front of a crowd with a star in the corner
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November 12, 2024 at 8:42 AM
My first post has to be a shoutout to @jesstud.bsky.social for the Bluesky public policy starter pack. What a time saver!
Just subscribed to @londoncentric.bsky.social and so far would recommend...seems a great addition to our media landscape, along side OnLondon & the legendary Dave Hill
November 12, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Just subscribed to @londoncentric.bsky.social and so far would recommend...seems a great addition to our media landscape, along side OnLondon & the legendary Dave Hill
Already having a whale of a time hosting the London Conference 2024...really good to hear from Sadiq Khan as always, with an acknowledgement that Londoners in our 20s and 30s (no points for guessing which decade I'm in) are justified in being frustrated at the state of the housing market. #LDN24
November 11, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Already having a whale of a time hosting the London Conference 2024...really good to hear from Sadiq Khan as always, with an acknowledgement that Londoners in our 20s and 30s (no points for guessing which decade I'm in) are justified in being frustrated at the state of the housing market. #LDN24