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I presume you are aware of the 10 Pledges that Starmer gave in his campaigning to become party leader. Almost all of which he has since abandoned. That indicates a cavalier attitude to principle and a ruthless single mindedness of purpose. He was happy to promise things he had no intention of delivering, knowing that only by doing so could he achieve his goal. If he is showing neo-Bevinite tendencies, that will be because he has identified that as the best way to maintain his position. That's it. What is his vision for the country? I suspect there isn't really one beyond trying to make things 'work better'. His real objective is to get re-elected. Which he is likely to fail in as without a guiding set of principles to work from he will flail from one idea to the next, eventually alienating everyone. He has no professed 'ideology' possibly because he sees that as something external that you choose. Apparently unaware that we all frame the world through a mixture of internal and external lenses. His internal setting is status quo with tweaks - aka neoliberal-lite. Any government that sets out to balance spending is destined for failure. Making decisions based on means rather than on ends is a recipe for chaos.

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As for why TBI are so AI and Tech obsessed - you answered that when you said who funded them. Who stands to gain from all the high end computer tech? For big data systems like AI you need big backend databases. Ooh look...Oracle...

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