This is edition 2025/3 of the Ten@10 newsletter.
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This is the Ten@10, where I collate and summarise ten news items you generally won't see in the mainstream media.
Enjoy!
1. Starmer’s artificial intelligence
Spectator
- 🌐 Keir Starmer faced criticism for deflecting attention from pressing domestic issues by attacking Elon Musk.
- 🚫 Despite public anger over various issues like inheritance tax changes and energy costs, Starmer focused on AI and tech initiatives.
- 😡 Labour's handling of issues like Pakistani Grooming Gangs has threatened its support base.
- ⚖️ Calls for inquiries into government failures regarding migration and crime have been ignored by Starmer.
- 💬 Starmer announced an AI plan without addressing current economic challenges or the cancellation of previous AI funding.
- 💰 The public perceives Labour's AI agenda as a misdirected effort benefiting tech giants over struggling communities.
- 📉 Opposition figures like Rupert Lowe criticize Starmer for prioritizing AI over urgent social issues like child safety and education.
- 📊 The public's dissatisfaction with Starmer is evident, as shown in polls preferring a street cat over him as Prime Minister.
