Alexander Rose
@alexanderrose.bsky.social
Lawyer specialising in Public Funding, Subsidy Control and related issues. Previously worked at European Commission and in UK Civil Service. Very excited about effective regeneration.
Apologies to Winston Churchill for “repurposing” his famous appeasement quote, but it sums up how many people see AI when it’s introduced to their businesses.
The challenge is addressing those concerns in a way that gives assurance that the #AI being introduced in a manner that is beneficial.
The challenge is addressing those concerns in a way that gives assurance that the #AI being introduced in a manner that is beneficial.
An AI user is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Apologies to Winston Churchill for “repurposing” his famous appeasement quote, but it sums up how many people see AI when it’s introduced to their businesses.
The challenge is addressing those concerns in a way that gives assurance that the #AI being introduced in a manner that is beneficial.
The challenge is addressing those concerns in a way that gives assurance that the #AI being introduced in a manner that is beneficial.
An AI user is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
An AI user is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
Who marks the “I am not a robot” test?
Surely it’s a robot…
This is not the full-proof system it is being presented as.
Surely it’s a robot…
This is not the full-proof system it is being presented as.
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Who marks the “I am not a robot” test?
Surely it’s a robot…
This is not the full-proof system it is being presented as.
Surely it’s a robot…
This is not the full-proof system it is being presented as.
Not how I remember Olaf Scholz, but I guess these things are subjective…
October 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Not how I remember Olaf Scholz, but I guess these things are subjective…
Today the EU publicly expressed concerns about the effectiveness of the UK's Subsidy Control regime.
The weakness of the regime (in particular regulation and enforcement) is likely to be raised in the 5 year review of the #Brexit trade agreement in 2026.
The weakness of the regime (in particular regulation and enforcement) is likely to be raised in the 5 year review of the #Brexit trade agreement in 2026.
October 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Today the EU publicly expressed concerns about the effectiveness of the UK's Subsidy Control regime.
The weakness of the regime (in particular regulation and enforcement) is likely to be raised in the 5 year review of the #Brexit trade agreement in 2026.
The weakness of the regime (in particular regulation and enforcement) is likely to be raised in the 5 year review of the #Brexit trade agreement in 2026.
The UK’s Subsidy Control regime helps ensure public funding isn’t wasted or used in ways that damages the competitiveness of businesses.
Yet, there’s a big problem with the regime - the enforcement processes aren’t working in the way Parliament expected.
A short 🧵….
Yet, there’s a big problem with the regime - the enforcement processes aren’t working in the way Parliament expected.
A short 🧵….
October 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The UK’s Subsidy Control regime helps ensure public funding isn’t wasted or used in ways that damages the competitiveness of businesses.
Yet, there’s a big problem with the regime - the enforcement processes aren’t working in the way Parliament expected.
A short 🧵….
Yet, there’s a big problem with the regime - the enforcement processes aren’t working in the way Parliament expected.
A short 🧵….
The obvious point is that every Prime Minister is extensively lobbied & this one was open to it.
Oh & he’s now a multi-millionaire…
Oh & he’s now a multi-millionaire…
Johnson refused to answer specific questions or to provide factual denials to allegations of rule-breaking, while insisting all the rules had been followed at all times. His responses led Acoba’s chair, Isabel Doverty, to find him in breach of the rules.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds
Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The obvious point is that every Prime Minister is extensively lobbied & this one was open to it.
Oh & he’s now a multi-millionaire…
Oh & he’s now a multi-millionaire…
The government has launched the 'Pride in Place Programme' under which 339 deprived communities across the country will be entrusted with over £5bn of public funding.
Decisions will be made by local people, but what safeguards will be put in place?
lnkd.in/eKa9RtrS
Decisions will be made by local people, but what safeguards will be put in place?
lnkd.in/eKa9RtrS
September 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The government has launched the 'Pride in Place Programme' under which 339 deprived communities across the country will be entrusted with over £5bn of public funding.
Decisions will be made by local people, but what safeguards will be put in place?
lnkd.in/eKa9RtrS
Decisions will be made by local people, but what safeguards will be put in place?
lnkd.in/eKa9RtrS
Today the North East Combined Authority cabinet met to discuss:
- a bid to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2035;
- the creation of a Mayoral Development Corporation for Newcastle and Gateshead; and
- something sufficiently secret to be exempt from disclosure…
- a bid to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2035;
- the creation of a Mayoral Development Corporation for Newcastle and Gateshead; and
- something sufficiently secret to be exempt from disclosure…
September 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Today the North East Combined Authority cabinet met to discuss:
- a bid to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2035;
- the creation of a Mayoral Development Corporation for Newcastle and Gateshead; and
- something sufficiently secret to be exempt from disclosure…
- a bid to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2035;
- the creation of a Mayoral Development Corporation for Newcastle and Gateshead; and
- something sufficiently secret to be exempt from disclosure…
Since 2012 only six Mayoral Development Corporations have been created - but that’s about to change with at least five about to be announced.
That includes one in Birmingham that’ll help realise Tom Brady’s stadium plans & another co-chaired by Steve Coogan.
That includes one in Birmingham that’ll help realise Tom Brady’s stadium plans & another co-chaired by Steve Coogan.
September 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Since 2012 only six Mayoral Development Corporations have been created - but that’s about to change with at least five about to be announced.
That includes one in Birmingham that’ll help realise Tom Brady’s stadium plans & another co-chaired by Steve Coogan.
That includes one in Birmingham that’ll help realise Tom Brady’s stadium plans & another co-chaired by Steve Coogan.
There’s a different angle to this story.
In the digital economy the value of data is enormous & governments hold large amounts of data.
EU State aid rules limit how EU member states can award data to businesses - so was this a meeting to share the spoils of the Brexit initiative?
In the digital economy the value of data is enormous & governments hold large amounts of data.
EU State aid rules limit how EU member states can award data to businesses - so was this a meeting to share the spoils of the Brexit initiative?
And finally - by Rowena Mason and @direthoughts.com
Johnson appears to have had a secret meeting with Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of the controversial US data firm Palantir, the year before it was given a role at the heart of the UK’s pandemic.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Johnson appears to have had a secret meeting with Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of the controversial US data firm Palantir, the year before it was given a role at the heart of the UK’s pandemic.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Johnson and Cummings’ secret meeting with Palantir founder revealed
Non-disclosure of apparent meeting a year before firm won NHS role raises serious questions over transparency
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:08 AM
There’s a different angle to this story.
In the digital economy the value of data is enormous & governments hold large amounts of data.
EU State aid rules limit how EU member states can award data to businesses - so was this a meeting to share the spoils of the Brexit initiative?
In the digital economy the value of data is enormous & governments hold large amounts of data.
EU State aid rules limit how EU member states can award data to businesses - so was this a meeting to share the spoils of the Brexit initiative?
Has Liz Truss joined Reform yet?
Or is that not allowed to happen in case people realise that Reform is basically the Conservative Party right wing from October 2024 plus UKIP’s Nigel Farage?
Or is that not allowed to happen in case people realise that Reform is basically the Conservative Party right wing from October 2024 plus UKIP’s Nigel Farage?
September 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Has Liz Truss joined Reform yet?
Or is that not allowed to happen in case people realise that Reform is basically the Conservative Party right wing from October 2024 plus UKIP’s Nigel Farage?
Or is that not allowed to happen in case people realise that Reform is basically the Conservative Party right wing from October 2024 plus UKIP’s Nigel Farage?
Reposted by Alexander Rose
EU companies (as well as companies from other non-EU countries doing business in the EU) are also subject to EU competition and State aid law. It would be discrimination against *them* to exempt American companies doing business in the EU from these laws.
Trump threatens retaliation against EU over Google fine
Trump threatens retaliation against EU over Google fine
Trump said "my Administration will NOT allow these discriminatory actions to stand" on the social media network he owns, Truth Social
dlvr.it
September 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
EU companies (as well as companies from other non-EU countries doing business in the EU) are also subject to EU competition and State aid law. It would be discrimination against *them* to exempt American companies doing business in the EU from these laws.
Reposted by Alexander Rose
Reposted by Alexander Rose
New post just out:
"Britain isn't broken"
We have our problems but the doomerism is getting out of hand.
I look at the real picture on crime, migration, social cohesion and the economy - rather than the dsyoptian fantasies of the radical right.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...
"Britain isn't broken"
We have our problems but the doomerism is getting out of hand.
I look at the real picture on crime, migration, social cohesion and the economy - rather than the dsyoptian fantasies of the radical right.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...
Britain isn't broken
We have our problems but the doomerism is getting out of hand
open.substack.com
July 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
New post just out:
"Britain isn't broken"
We have our problems but the doomerism is getting out of hand.
I look at the real picture on crime, migration, social cohesion and the economy - rather than the dsyoptian fantasies of the radical right.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...
"Britain isn't broken"
We have our problems but the doomerism is getting out of hand.
I look at the real picture on crime, migration, social cohesion and the economy - rather than the dsyoptian fantasies of the radical right.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...
A year before MPs debate the effectiveness of the UK’s Subsidy Control regime, a case has emerged raising serious questions about whether an enforcement body is needed.
The case involves Cambridgeshire County Council “restructuring” a £120m loan into a £60m grant.
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The case involves Cambridgeshire County Council “restructuring” a £120m loan into a £60m grant.
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The leader of Cambridgeshire County Council said the loan to This Land Ltd had been restructured, after facing accusations of ‘writing the loan off in secret’.
Council accused of ‘writing off £60m loan’ to development company
www.cambridge-news.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A year before MPs debate the effectiveness of the UK’s Subsidy Control regime, a case has emerged raising serious questions about whether an enforcement body is needed.
The case involves Cambridgeshire County Council “restructuring” a £120m loan into a £60m grant.
🧵 1/6
The case involves Cambridgeshire County Council “restructuring” a £120m loan into a £60m grant.
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The US needs better laws to regulate subsidies - the Washington stadium deal is yet another example of this.
A $1.1bn taxpayer subsidy has been offered to create a 65,000 stadium.
Contrast that with the UK or EU where Subsidy Control / State aid laws stop such wasteful public funding.
A $1.1bn taxpayer subsidy has been offered to create a 65,000 stadium.
Contrast that with the UK or EU where Subsidy Control / State aid laws stop such wasteful public funding.
July 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The US needs better laws to regulate subsidies - the Washington stadium deal is yet another example of this.
A $1.1bn taxpayer subsidy has been offered to create a 65,000 stadium.
Contrast that with the UK or EU where Subsidy Control / State aid laws stop such wasteful public funding.
A $1.1bn taxpayer subsidy has been offered to create a 65,000 stadium.
Contrast that with the UK or EU where Subsidy Control / State aid laws stop such wasteful public funding.
Northern voters want greater devolution due to stories like this.
In 2021, Ministers in London secretly cancelled plans to dual part of the A1 in Northumberland & kept it from voters.
This was at a time when public funding for transport was £1,182 per Londoner but just £486 per Northerner.
In 2021, Ministers in London secretly cancelled plans to dual part of the A1 in Northumberland & kept it from voters.
This was at a time when public funding for transport was £1,182 per Londoner but just £486 per Northerner.
July 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Northern voters want greater devolution due to stories like this.
In 2021, Ministers in London secretly cancelled plans to dual part of the A1 in Northumberland & kept it from voters.
This was at a time when public funding for transport was £1,182 per Londoner but just £486 per Northerner.
In 2021, Ministers in London secretly cancelled plans to dual part of the A1 in Northumberland & kept it from voters.
This was at a time when public funding for transport was £1,182 per Londoner but just £486 per Northerner.
The FIFA Club World Cup could be a source of embarrassment for the European Commission.
Qatari owned Paris St Germain are still under investigation under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (although there are reports the European Commission is trying to quietly drop La Liga’s complaint).
Qatari owned Paris St Germain are still under investigation under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (although there are reports the European Commission is trying to quietly drop La Liga’s complaint).
July 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The FIFA Club World Cup could be a source of embarrassment for the European Commission.
Qatari owned Paris St Germain are still under investigation under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (although there are reports the European Commission is trying to quietly drop La Liga’s complaint).
Qatari owned Paris St Germain are still under investigation under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (although there are reports the European Commission is trying to quietly drop La Liga’s complaint).
Airport subsidies are often challenged under EU State aid law.
The UK’s Subsidy Control regime is now being used to challenge an enormous £205m subsidy to Cardiff Airport.
An article on the case written with Jonathan Branton can be found at:
dwfgroup.com/en/news-and-... #News #SubsidyControl #Law
The UK’s Subsidy Control regime is now being used to challenge an enormous £205m subsidy to Cardiff Airport.
An article on the case written with Jonathan Branton can be found at:
dwfgroup.com/en/news-and-... #News #SubsidyControl #Law
July 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Airport subsidies are often challenged under EU State aid law.
The UK’s Subsidy Control regime is now being used to challenge an enormous £205m subsidy to Cardiff Airport.
An article on the case written with Jonathan Branton can be found at:
dwfgroup.com/en/news-and-... #News #SubsidyControl #Law
The UK’s Subsidy Control regime is now being used to challenge an enormous £205m subsidy to Cardiff Airport.
An article on the case written with Jonathan Branton can be found at:
dwfgroup.com/en/news-and-... #News #SubsidyControl #Law
🚨 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐄 𝐆𝐎! A major Subsidy Control case is about to be listed by the Competition Appeal Tribunal… 🏴 ✈️
July 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🚨 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐄 𝐆𝐎! A major Subsidy Control case is about to be listed by the Competition Appeal Tribunal… 🏴 ✈️
Subsidy Control law aims to drive better decision making by public authorities when it comes to using taxpayer money to support businesses.
Therefore it’s pleasing to see this report stating the Treasury was blocked from offering an unlimited guarantee to the Post Office by the Subsidy Control Act.
Therefore it’s pleasing to see this report stating the Treasury was blocked from offering an unlimited guarantee to the Post Office by the Subsidy Control Act.
June 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Subsidy Control law aims to drive better decision making by public authorities when it comes to using taxpayer money to support businesses.
Therefore it’s pleasing to see this report stating the Treasury was blocked from offering an unlimited guarantee to the Post Office by the Subsidy Control Act.
Therefore it’s pleasing to see this report stating the Treasury was blocked from offering an unlimited guarantee to the Post Office by the Subsidy Control Act.
I’m lucky enough to have worked on a few projects involving the #Space sector.
Today I’m at the North East Space Conference 2025 to learn more about this fast growing part of the economy - estimated to be worth £1.45 trillion in ten years' time….
#SpaceTech #Innovation #NEFollowers
Today I’m at the North East Space Conference 2025 to learn more about this fast growing part of the economy - estimated to be worth £1.45 trillion in ten years' time….
#SpaceTech #Innovation #NEFollowers
June 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I’m lucky enough to have worked on a few projects involving the #Space sector.
Today I’m at the North East Space Conference 2025 to learn more about this fast growing part of the economy - estimated to be worth £1.45 trillion in ten years' time….
#SpaceTech #Innovation #NEFollowers
Today I’m at the North East Space Conference 2025 to learn more about this fast growing part of the economy - estimated to be worth £1.45 trillion in ten years' time….
#SpaceTech #Innovation #NEFollowers
Some breaking news for Subsidy Control practitioners - the government has revealed the date on which it plans to increase the referral threshold for subsidies to be reviewed by the CMA from £10m to £25m.
If you want to know more, visit - lnkd.in/eWBNfM_V.
If you want to know more, visit - lnkd.in/eWBNfM_V.
June 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Some breaking news for Subsidy Control practitioners - the government has revealed the date on which it plans to increase the referral threshold for subsidies to be reviewed by the CMA from £10m to £25m.
If you want to know more, visit - lnkd.in/eWBNfM_V.
If you want to know more, visit - lnkd.in/eWBNfM_V.
This week the UK’s second case under the Subsidy Control Act 2022 will be heard in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
A short 🧵 about the #SubsidyControl case of Weis v Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
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A short 🧵 about the #SubsidyControl case of Weis v Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
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May 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This week the UK’s second case under the Subsidy Control Act 2022 will be heard in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
A short 🧵 about the #SubsidyControl case of Weis v Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
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A short 🧵 about the #SubsidyControl case of Weis v Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
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