21 years in recruitment. Writing about AI, employment and the future of work. Responsible AI at Warden AI. Conservative. Jewish. Zionist. Opinions are my own.
St Albans, United Kingdom
Joined January 2009
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AI will change work. The political question is who gains, who carries the risk and who remains accountable.
Today, we moved St Albans Conservative Association into a new office. Bigger, better and set up to be the centre of our campaigning machine.
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Microsoft’s exit offer deserves scrutiny, not an invented body count. Eligibility for a buyout is not a completed redundancy, and neither proves AI replaced the role.
Workers deserve honest explanations. So does the public debating the future of work.
Microsoft’s own announcement describes a voluntary offer across selected teams in four countries. It does not provide a departure total or quantify jobs replaced by AI.
blogs.microsoft.com/blog/202…
Jewish staff should never have to pass a test on Israel to feel accepted at work. The @BoardofDeputies new employer guide is welcome.
An inclusion policy that leaves Jews defending their identity has failed.
Employers must confront that failure.
The updated employer guide covers Jewish identity, religious practice and workplace antisemitism.
A practical resource for managers and HR teams:
bod.org.uk/bod-news/board-of…
Britain cannot build an AI economy on a shrinking training budget. A skills tax credit deserves a serious trial, provided it funds training that would otherwise never happen. Taxpayers should buy new capability, not reimburse courses employers already planned.
Learning and Work Institute proposes a 20% skills tax credit. Its estimated benefits depend on generating additional investment. That is the condition any trial should test.
learningandwork.org.uk/a-ski…
AI’s first employment warning may be a job never advertised. Employers can cut junior hiring without announcing redundancies. If that removes the work through which people learn, “reskill the workforce” misses those who never got through the door.
Great report from @HJS_Org
AI is already changing the labour market. The question isn't if it's happening, but whether we're ready. Our latest report by @HelenaIvanov sets out a plan to get ahead. 📊
Read it here: henryjacksonsociety.org/publ…
Martyn Redstone retweeted
AI is built by business, not by government.
The Government should cut burdens on British firms, fix grid connection delays, and categorically reject EU protectionism.
1/7 I have two simple tests for British AI, driven by our values. Is it safe? And is it ours to shape? 🇬🇧
Today, Chancellor @JohnHealey_MP is announcing a major, ambitious package of investment to strengthen Britain's defences against emerging threats, back British innovation, and build our technological independence.
Hi @British_Airways
Online check-in open, but technical difficulties when attempting to login (as I've been thrown out of the app). Looks like this is a wide scale problem. What's being done to fix it?
Britain becoming an AI customer rather than a creator would be a strategic failure. Sovereignty does not mean building everything here. It means retaining enough compute, skills, testing capacity and procurement leverage to make choices rather than accept terms set elsewhere.
The Council for Science and Technology’s advice on preserving British agency in AI:
gov.uk/government/publicatio…
We’ve spent centuries imagining our creations turning against us. Too much AI coverage now treats that plot as inevitable.
I’m optimistic about AI. But its benefits require human responsibility, ethical choices and enforceable safeguards. Fatalism lets decision-makers off the hook.
Just watched the @netflix Instadocs about the @OpenAI cyberattack on @huggingface. Super disappointing, as they went for maximum anthropomorphism of the technology and full doomer mode.
I spent more than two hours with them trying to correct all their mistakes and ground this in reality, explaining that agents are technological systems, not aliens. But it looks like the drive to scare people for maximum views was too strong.
Also, they didn’t mention the lack of containment and monitoring of the agents, how closed-model safeguards blocked our defensive work, or how we defended ourselves with AI using an open model. And that we still lack a lot of information and transparency, including full agent traces and that companies need to remain accountable for what their agents do.
It ends up being a fun sci-fi movie though!
Daisy Cooper says the Lib Dems can outstrip Labour as pro-business. Her proof is an 18-month package funded by taxing banks, clawing back energy support, and spending inflation receipts.
The Times’ verdict on her “major intervention”: a disappointment, easy to ignore and proof her party has no viable alternative to Ed Davey.
St Albans deserves an MP with the weight to shape debate, not one whose interventions confirm the Lib Dem leadership vacuum.
thetimes.com/article/9d2770f…
Anthropic’s junior technical hires fell from 27% to 9% as AI-agent use surged. That is not proof of an economy-wide jobs collapse. It is a warning: firms that automate the training ground for senior talent must build a replacement route in, or eventually run out of expertise.
Anthropic’s research, including the limitations and wider changes in its workforce:
anthropic.com/research/emplo…�
Martyn Redstone retweeted
Over 500 Conservative councillors have signed our open letter calling on Green councillors to stand up for British Jewish residents.
The Green Party has declared “Zionism to be racism”. Zack Polanski didn’t stay to vote against it. And yesterday, he told Laura Kuenssberg he wouldn’t overturn it: “I don’t think this is actually controversial.”
We’re asking Green councillors to disavow the motion, challenge antisemitism and reassure Jewish residents they’ll be represented without prejudice.
Silence is a choice.
As a Zionist, I will not defend lawlessness.
Ten arrests after attacks on a journalist and diplomats are a necessary start. A democratic Israel must enforce the law equally, including when Palestinians are the victims.
@Reuters reports on the arrests and the Israeli police commissioner’s commitment to equal enforcement:
reuters.com/business/media-t…
A partial year cannot prove a decline. Official like-for-like data show Level 6 apprenticeship starts up 4.9%. Employer cost pressures deserve scrutiny, but comparing nine months with a full year obscures the trend. Skills policy needs an accurate diagnosis.
Official data compare August to April with the same period and record Level 6 starts up 4.9% to 25,140.
FT report: ft.com/content/85545be4-6f36…
Official data: explore-education-statistics…
Anthropic’s proposal to put 5% of its equity behind public benefit is substantial. Company-directed philanthropy cannot substitute for democratic accountability. If AI disrupts work, firms should help fund transition while governments set the rules and workers retain rights.
We’re committing a portion of Anthropic’s shares to the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a new wholly owned entity dedicated entirely to the public benefit.
It will start off with 5% of our shares. For every 50% increase in the company’s value over a set baseline, we can contribute up to an extra 2%, subject to our board’s discretion.
In total, this means that roughly 20% of Anthropic’s shares are committed to the public good. Our co-founders have already pledged to donate 80% of their equity, and around half our employees are donating a portion of their equity as part of a donation matching program we’ve run since our founding.
In the post below, we share more details about our new fund.
anthropic.com/news/public-be…
Zionism is not extremism. As a Jewish Zionist, I find this chilling. Supporting Israel, visiting it and opposing antisemitism are not grounds for counter-terrorism scrutiny. If this account is accurate, Durham Constabulary must explain why officers were sent to her door.
The police record reportedly acknowledged that supporting Israel or travelling there is not a counter-terrorism concern. Prevent exists to stop people becoming terrorists, not to police lawful solidarity.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
