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Max Emmett @maxemmett.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This year I fulfilled a lifelong ambition of appearing on University Challenge. Tune in tonight to see if I fulfilled the subsidiary ambition of not embarrassing myself on University Challenge.

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Max Emmett @maxemmett.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I'm a little more on the fence on numbers, but this blog has lots of other great recommendations on transparency and structure for No. 10 that should be taken up.

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Max Emmett @maxemmett.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I think the debate around Miliband as chancellor made me realise we've drifted into a world where both sides think they've won the debate on net zero. For a time from 2017-2022 this was maybe true for pro-net zero (with varying commitment), but now we need to go out and make the argument again.

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Hannah Keenan @hannahkeenan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Some thoughts on Darren Jones's speech yesterday - some good CS reforms! But if your best bet on 'getting stuff done' is to create a taskforce outside the system, it's the system that needs to change...

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Government taskforces are not a long-term solution for the problems facing the state | Institute for Government

Darren Jones needs a plan for long-term reforms, as well as short-term delivery.

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Max Emmett @maxemmett.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Really good piece on AI and policy making. A related hang up I've been thinking about is whether we would want to move away from a government of persons to one of machines. Humans bring lots of flaws to the policy making process but it feels maybe important to democracy that the flaws are human.

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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 02/02/2025

Today is Quintidi the 15th of Pluviôse in the year 233. Pluviôse is the month of rain. Today we celebrate cows. #JacobinDay More information on cows

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Max Emmett @maxemmett.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

This is such an important time for the UK to show credible leadership on climate change. This would be a dreadful decision at any time but the government can't keep talking out of both sides of its mouth on climate issues like this.

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Max Emmett @maxemmett.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Having to revise the terminology for a whole paper because the phrase ‘committing a tactical leak’ is too evocative of going to the toilet before a long film in the cinema.

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Max Emmett @maxemmett.bsky.social · 01/09/2024

This clearly says the question I've been struggling to articulate on Labour's message. What is the pain for? In 2010 the objective of deficit reduction was clear and you could understand how cuts contributed to it. This failed and was ideologically driven but you could use it to interpret policy

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Five signals that will show whether Labour is really governing in a different way | Institute for Government

The autumn presents a unique moment for the new government

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Max Emmett @maxemmett.bsky.social · 01/09/2024

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Five signals that will show whether Labour is really governing in a different way | Institute for Government

The autumn presents a unique moment for the new government

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