If there are no big ideas or grand challenges, what should inspire citizens to back and build Britain? You only have to look at the number of young and ambitious that are now leaving our shores to know the impact is real and truly damaging.
If we are serious about restoring rigour, the Conservatives should push for a system where the vast majority of assessments are conducted through pen‑and‑paper exams.
Britain has cultivated a good attitude towards AI growth, but talk is cheap – this era-defining industry will not stop for the National Grid or HMRC.
Labour’s flirtation with banning X is the wrong diagnosis and the wrong remedy. It’s an admission of administrative defeat that the British state cannot enforce its own safety regime, so it must outlaw the venue. That is not Conservative.
This lack of grid capacity is not only holding back AI and data centres, but also new housing, clean energy projects and industrial investment. Labour Ministers talk endlessly about Britain being a “science and technology superpower,” yet they have not taken enough action to modernise the power grid to help our country achieve that status.
The UK risks becoming an AI laggard, with less advanced models available for British consumers. Ironically, one of the biggest losers will be the creative industry, which is already relying on cutting-edge AI to produce world-leading films and music.
This “Brit Card” is a solution in search of a problem. Starmer may believe he’s modernising Britain, but in reality, he’s opening the door to a future where rights are conditional, privacy is optional, and liberty is just another government tickbox.
Here lies the real danger. In an AI-driven world, complexity itself becomes a threat. Regulations that were once obscure and inconsistently applied can now be enforced in real time.
A Conservative government must take the practical path: back the North Sea, back nuclear, protect our green and pleasant land, and build the infrastructure that will actually deliver the power Britain needs.
Conservatives know that institutions matter. If we want freedom to survive the algorithmic age, then we must build institutions capable of defending it.
Labour have been too slow to introduce a regulatory framework for AI companies which would give them the long-term certainty to invest.
Getting this right is essential for economic growth, national security, and public trust, in turn making the UK more resilient.
If politicians can’t be bothered to write a speech without using AI, they just shouldn’t make one.
It should be called the 25-year health plan because that is how long it has taken to write. It is simply a rip-off of Tony Blair and Alan Milburn’s year 2000 NHS plan, and with nothing new to say.
Make no mistake, the wretched legislation that is the Online Safety Act is simply the thin end of the wedge to creating thoughtcrimes.