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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Burnham's central diagnosis of UK as an over-centralised state, and the economic and political problems that stem from this, is strong and convincing. Refreshing that AB seems to actually enjoy making an argument. Some thoughts on specific bits + Qs on the trade-offs that Burnham govt will face -

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I wonder, who was the last prime minister to reference the Peterloo Massacre in a public speech?

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Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

So how did we get here, with Starmer on the way out after two years? To some extent, it does go back to the beginning. It was not an enthusiastic victory for Labour. Getting rid of the Tories was the top reason people voted for them in 2024, though with their message of 'Change' also resonating.

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Those 'huge achievements': - elective waiting list 7% lower than Jul 24; 12+ hour waits in A&E still rising - an economic hit - err Pretty bleak

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

aka "AI makes it easier for us to continue our existing dysfunctional practices and behaviours" This is the worst way to sell the value of AI in health / govt. More interesting Qs: what can we do to spend less time in Teams meetings and stop generating massive email chains in the first place?

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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Good piece. Especially the point that three quarters of degrees are already “vocational”

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

yes - in a health context examples include interdepartmental wrangling over medicines pricing and commissioning Casey to spend three years reviewing social care

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

This is a refreshing read in @heywoodquarterly.bsky.social which combines optimism about AI in public services with sober analysis of the constraints (tech debt, fragmented investment, tactical fixes, outsourcing) that can hold public sector orgs back heywoodquarterly.com/why-ai-expos...

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Why AI exposes our digital shortcomings - Heywood Quarterly

Anthony Finkelstein argues that the UK needs stronger tech foundations to reap the benefits of artificial intelligence.

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Good piece. It is too easy a cop-out for the PM to rail against "consultations and regulations and arm's lengths bodies". The obvious follow-up is: why does your government continue to legislate for more consultations and regulations and ALBs?

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Genuinely what are people like Ed West doing with their lives? Go to Wigmore Hall, go to the movies, go to Koko, go to the Vortex Jazz Club, go see an orchestra, go see the Last Dinner Party...it ought to cure you out of having this weird, unnatural reaction to your fellow citizens.

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Misleading write-up - it's true that there is a crisis in A&E, but this is not because of "soaring demand". The RCN report itself shows that A&E attendances are only 3% higher than in 2019, while 12+ hour waits are 8,033% higher. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Numbers leaving A&E without treatment triples in six years

Soaring demand has led to ‘shocking’ rise in untreated patients leaving NHS emergency departments in England, data shows

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Missed this at the time - Economist/@moreincommonuk.bsky.social polling on voters' top priority across policy areas. For health, it's A&E waiting times. Govt have put a lot of eggs in the elective recovery basket, but can't neglect A&E performance (which remains v poor).

Economist charts showing indicators of govt performance across health, immigration, housing, crime, incomes, energy, transport, and environment

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Helpful chart - as @chrisgiles.ft.com wrote last month, a corrective to some moral panic narratives around welfare costs. But focusing on welfare as % of GDP risks obscuring the rise in people out of work through illness (comparatively high in UK) which has big economic and social consequences

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Latest Greater Manc ICB board papers underline the bind NHS systems are in. "Overperformance of independent sector elective plans" is cited as a driver of financial deficit. Makes sense for GM to utilise priv sector capacity to meet govt's stated priority - but so tough given fiscal constraints

GM ICB board paper excerpt with highlighted section reading: "There also continues to be overperformance of Independent Sector elective plans requiring activity management processes to bring back in line."

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Tell me more about the “industrial region” of Greater Manchester in 2025, the fastest growing part of the uk economy

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Also bravo Baroness Sue Campbell who transformed our Olympic team and then transformed our women's football team. Extraordinary record.

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

It's astonishing in how many areas the last government's response to difficult problems was just to abandon governing: to stop processing asylum claims, stop setting realistic budgets, ignore critical warnings from the prison system, and ultimately scuttle the ship by bringing forward the election.

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