TechScape: Here’s four ways a new Labour government could use tech to boost Britain
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#6NY45)
If Keir Starmer wins on Thursday, he will have the power to free our
data, jump-start the NHS and strip friction from our daily lives. Here's how
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Barring an asteroid strike, Keir Starmer is going to be the UK prime minister in three days. Given the lead in polling, I'd probably bet on him over an asteroid, too.
Labour will come into government with a broken state, a flatlining economy and no money. A thin manifesto and enormous parliamentary majority means the party will almost certainly end up stretching further afield for ideas about how to deal with that trilemma from hell.
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