Dave Levy
@dfl1955.bsky.social
One of the last of the boomers, talks, writes and thinks about UK politics, information technology, and economics.
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And HEEEERE it is!!
The REAL solutions to fix immigration for all - for a system we can be proud of!
bsky.app/profile/anot...
The REAL solutions to fix immigration for all - for a system we can be proud of!
bsky.app/profile/anot...
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Time for Change is here!
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Time For Change: The evidence-based policies that can actually fix the immigration system
A new report from prominent migration expert Zoe Gardner has been enthusiastically welcomed by senior Labour backbenchers.
www.anothereurope.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
And HEEEERE it is!!
The REAL solutions to fix immigration for all - for a system we can be proud of!
bsky.app/profile/anot...
The REAL solutions to fix immigration for all - for a system we can be proud of!
bsky.app/profile/anot...
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Sick of constant demonisation of migrants on #bbcqt & failed cruelty being the only answer from spineless politicians?
Look out for my report launching at 11am with 9 evidence-backed proposals to ACTUALLY fix the immigration system!
With @anothereurope.bsky.social & @fesonline.bsky.social
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Look out for my report launching at 11am with 9 evidence-backed proposals to ACTUALLY fix the immigration system!
With @anothereurope.bsky.social & @fesonline.bsky.social
👀👀👀
December 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Sick of constant demonisation of migrants on #bbcqt & failed cruelty being the only answer from spineless politicians?
Look out for my report launching at 11am with 9 evidence-backed proposals to ACTUALLY fix the immigration system!
With @anothereurope.bsky.social & @fesonline.bsky.social
👀👀👀
Look out for my report launching at 11am with 9 evidence-backed proposals to ACTUALLY fix the immigration system!
With @anothereurope.bsky.social & @fesonline.bsky.social
👀👀👀
It's getting messy in the European Parliament. NGO funding probe: first sitting of scrutiny board retreads old ground Euractiv reports that the Left stayed away, while Socialist & Democrats, Greens and Renew MEPs staged a walk out on day one
www.euractiv.com/news/ngo-fun...
www.euractiv.com/news/ngo-fun...
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
It's getting messy in the European Parliament. NGO funding probe: first sitting of scrutiny board retreads old ground Euractiv reports that the Left stayed away, while Socialist & Democrats, Greens and Renew MEPs staged a walk out on day one
www.euractiv.com/news/ngo-fun...
www.euractiv.com/news/ngo-fun...
I asked Gemini if the UK were to rejoin the EU, whether it would still be a net contributor given the explosion of poverty in the UK since Brexit. It said, Yes.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I asked Gemini if the UK were to rejoin the EU, whether it would still be a net contributor given the explosion of poverty in the UK since Brexit. It said, Yes.
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I wrote a response to the US/UK Technology deal which was eventually published in the Chartist Magazine. #artificialintelligence #datacentre #internationaltrade #politics #technology
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Untimely Atlanticism, a note on the UK-US Tech Prosperity Deal
I wrote a response to the US/UK Technology deal which was eventually published in the Chartist Magazine. They entitled it, “Untimely Atlanticism” with a sub
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December 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I wrote a response to the US/UK Technology deal which was eventually published in the Chartist Magazine. #artificialintelligence #datacentre #internationaltrade #politics #technology
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davelevy.info/untimely-atl...
I have [finally] donated to Care for Calais, if you can, it'd be great if you joined me.
help.care4calais.org/page/148311/...
help.care4calais.org/page/148311/...
Make a Donation to Care4Calais
Thank you for supporting Care4Calais, you are joining a group of passionate like-minded individuals who believe in a welcoming and inclusive attitude towards refugees within the U.K., France and…
help.care4calais.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I have [finally] donated to Care for Calais, if you can, it'd be great if you joined me.
help.care4calais.org/page/148311/...
help.care4calais.org/page/148311/...
LIz Webster comments on the adverse effects of reducing the average longevity UK Government debt. x.com/LizWebsterSB.... I am asking if in fact "debt management policy" could be used to reduce the influence of foreign UK Gilt traders.
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www.ft.com/content/6ab1...
November 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
LIz Webster comments on the adverse effects of reducing the average longevity UK Government debt. x.com/LizWebsterSB.... I am asking if in fact "debt management policy" could be used to reduce the influence of foreign UK Gilt traders.
www.ft.com/content/6ab1...
www.ft.com/content/6ab1...
There’s room for a Left & a Green Party, & even a left radical party, the European Parliament shows this is so. But in the UK, FPTP and its winner takes all culture engenders an unhealthy tribalism and ignores the fact, that other people have good ideas too.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
There’s room for a Left & a Green Party, & even a left radical party, the European Parliament shows this is so. But in the UK, FPTP and its winner takes all culture engenders an unhealthy tribalism and ignores the fact, that other people have good ideas too.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Some thoughts on citizens assemblies, sortition and representative democracy; TLDR, they can help but other democratic reforms such as PR, and greater parliamentary accountability particularly of MPs is required.
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On Citizens’ Assemblies
“Your Party”’s decision to make their founding conference a sortition selected meeting is causing some interest, although often from observers. The two articles to/on which I am replyin…
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November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Some thoughts on citizens assemblies, sortition and representative democracy; TLDR, they can help but other democratic reforms such as PR, and greater parliamentary accountability particularly of MPs is required.
davelevy.info/on-citizens-...
davelevy.info/on-citizens-...
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I love how the obvious response to this - tone down rhetoric and anti-immigration policy - is both essentially economically costless and also absolutely anathema to Number 10 strategists.
The fundamental political-economy for the government is that is objectively implementing a soft left economic policy on speed whilst being hated by lots of left leaning people because of its other policies and rhetoric.
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I love how the obvious response to this - tone down rhetoric and anti-immigration policy - is both essentially economically costless and also absolutely anathema to Number 10 strategists.
This was prescient and remains relevant today. It was written thirteen months ago. A four point plan to rejoin the EU.
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Starmer, Berlin, rejoineu and delay
Even the press and some commentators noticed that Kier Starmer visited Berlin and repeated his Brexit red-lines and yet claimed to want to reduce trade frictions between the two countries. Germany …
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November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This was prescient and remains relevant today. It was written thirteen months ago. A four point plan to rejoin the EU.
davelevy.info/starmer-berl...
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Left, Labour's Peter Kyle: we want to grow the economy and make Brexit work
Right, "GDP reduced by 8%..Brexit decimated UK economy"
Right, "GDP reduced by 8%..Brexit decimated UK economy"
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Left, Labour's Peter Kyle: we want to grow the economy and make Brexit work
Right, "GDP reduced by 8%..Brexit decimated UK economy"
Right, "GDP reduced by 8%..Brexit decimated UK economy"
. @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social is chatting that leaving the ECHR will cripple the UK’s ability to fight international crime; the fact is leaving the EU & the jurisdiction of the CJEU has already done much of the damage. No longer in Europol, no more common arrest warrant. #rejoineu
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
. @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social is chatting that leaving the ECHR will cripple the UK’s ability to fight international crime; the fact is leaving the EU & the jurisdiction of the CJEU has already done much of the damage. No longer in Europol, no more common arrest warrant. #rejoineu
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"Farage has already changed the UK (for the worse) more than any other living politician. What might the country look like after a period with him in office?"
Martin Wolf, today's FT
Martin Wolf, today's FT
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
"Farage has already changed the UK (for the worse) more than any other living politician. What might the country look like after a period with him in office?"
Martin Wolf, today's FT
Martin Wolf, today's FT
A note on the EU-UK PPA which dealt with trade and defence. Within the article I question the UK's half hearted commitment and arrogance.
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The EU Hokey Cokey
I watched the first day of the EU UK parliamentary partnership assembly. The first session was on general issues & trade and the second on defence. I made some notes which you can read overlea…
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November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A note on the EU-UK PPA which dealt with trade and defence. Within the article I question the UK's half hearted commitment and arrogance.
davelevy.info/the-eu-hokey...
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European political scientists are blue in the face from constantly pointing out that accommodating the far right does not help centre-left parties win, and contributes to the rise of far-right parties. There's a mountain of data to support that.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
European political scientists are blue in the face from constantly pointing out that accommodating the far right does not help centre-left parties win, and contributes to the rise of far-right parties. There's a mountain of data to support that.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
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More Bluth Labour than Blue Labour, amirite?
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
More Bluth Labour than Blue Labour, amirite?
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Latest post from us: Home Secretary announces major asylum and other changes in new policy paper: “Restoring Order and Control” | Sonia Lenegan
Home Secretary announces major asylum and other changes in new policy paper: "Restoring Order and Control" - Free Movement
Following a plethora of media briefings and coverage over the past few days, the Home Secretary has officially published her policy paper on "Restoring Order
freemovement.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Latest post from us: Home Secretary announces major asylum and other changes in new policy paper: “Restoring Order and Control” | Sonia Lenegan
I & my GMB branch co-officers condemn this policy & its extension to those granted asylum. We call on HMG to drop these measures. We call on Labour MPs & peers to oppose this. I call on the GMB CEC to use all its efforts to ensure these policies are abandoned.
What changes to the UK asylum system are being proposed by Labour?
Refugees would face longer waits and possible return to their home country if deemed safe, under proposals
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I & my GMB branch co-officers condemn this policy & its extension to those granted asylum. We call on HMG to drop these measures. We call on Labour MPs & peers to oppose this. I call on the GMB CEC to use all its efforts to ensure these policies are abandoned.
At #Lab25, if one looks at the results of Card Vote 1, vs the reported membership, Conference turnout was 55% of the membership. This suggests, using a very crude analysis, that ~235 CLPs were missing, out of 628.
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
At #Lab25, if one looks at the results of Card Vote 1, vs the reported membership, Conference turnout was 55% of the membership. This suggests, using a very crude analysis, that ~235 CLPs were missing, out of 628.
The EU’s simplification effort – as embodied by the omnibus bills to come – aims to enhance Europe’s competitiveness, but by eroding the “Brussels effect,” it is bound to have the opposite effect. Alberto Alemanno
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www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/d...
The Dark Side of EU Deregulation
Alberto Alemanno warns that the bloc’s efforts to reduce bureaucratic red tape will do more harm than good.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The EU’s simplification effort – as embodied by the omnibus bills to come – aims to enhance Europe’s competitiveness, but by eroding the “Brussels effect,” it is bound to have the opposite effect. Alberto Alemanno
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/d...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/d...
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X is designed to radicalise people.
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
X is designed to radicalise people.
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Five things, about AI
There’s no +ive business model,
They are now borrowing to invest in each other.
Hallucinations are a feature, it gets things wrong,
The rule base’s ownership is obscure and Code is Law
It’s [deliberately] wasteful of resources which people need.
davelevy.info/about-the-ai...
There’s no +ive business model,
They are now borrowing to invest in each other.
Hallucinations are a feature, it gets things wrong,
The rule base’s ownership is obscure and Code is Law
It’s [deliberately] wasteful of resources which people need.
davelevy.info/about-the-ai...
November 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Five things, about AI
There’s no +ive business model,
They are now borrowing to invest in each other.
Hallucinations are a feature, it gets things wrong,
The rule base’s ownership is obscure and Code is Law
It’s [deliberately] wasteful of resources which people need.
davelevy.info/about-the-ai...
There’s no +ive business model,
They are now borrowing to invest in each other.
Hallucinations are a feature, it gets things wrong,
The rule base’s ownership is obscure and Code is Law
It’s [deliberately] wasteful of resources which people need.
davelevy.info/about-the-ai...