Kirsty Innes
@kmei_
Director, Tech Policy @LabourTogether. Advisor @BritishProgress Formerly @InstituteGC, @HMTreasury, @UKinFrance. She/her. @kmeinnes in the other place
BritCard is an app on your phone - one simple, digital way for everyone in the country to prove who they are. Here’s why we need it 🧵
I had been wondering about this too...
This is the best answer to the vexing question I've heard asked by dozens of people over the past several years: what is going on with those grubby-looking gift/sweet shops that have exploded across some of the most expensive parts of central London? Great reporting
Anxious Generation + arrive at Vauxhall + become aware of the product known as "Red bull Infusions (£4.79)" = momentary crisis of faith in postmodern capitalism as utility maximising system
You’re kidding aren’t you?
No kid remembers their best day in front of the TV.
Thought this was in general a bit of a nothing-burger BUT ✨ then I saw it contains a shout-out for digital ID... economist.com/by-invitation/…
.@JP_Spencer_ @LabourTogether identifies the three key issues emerging from the English Devolution and Empowerment Bill, including the ambition from the Government to go much further in giving mayors the new powers they want. themj.co.uk/genuine-milest… via @themjcouk
Britain stands at a revolutionary moment. For too long politics has failed those it was meant to serve. A year ago we came together to change that. Today we set out a bold vision to rebuild the economy and restore the democratic contract with the British people. 1/
nytimes.com/2025/06/17/mag… Thought this was insightful, and encouraging
Was there some kind of media takeover or IP acquisition 20 years ago that suddenly made it possible to make all those kids' films with tons of massive old hits in them (Sing, Trolls, Shrek etc)? So fun to hear 5-yr-olds suddenly sing Bowie and Bon Jovi covers unprompted ❤️
wonder if the guys currently sexting up Grok have considered or remembered that the real entity is less than one year old?
Tales from the coalface of government digital transformation - highly recommended reading bm.wel.by/2025/06/03/vib…
Sorry friends and family but K-Pop Demon Hunters was without question the highlight of my weekend
OK a compromise: all homes have AC, BUT it can be turned on and off, perhaps even adjusted to be hotter or colder by gradient
A/C is obviously necessary in hot, humid American summers and seems increasingly necessary for Europeans. But it does do something sad to summer, which is make it from an open, circulating, public season to a more closed, inward, private season, a second winter
The weird shadow of the mid-2000s debate on ID cards never ceases to amaze. With the need for reliable digital identification and the need to clamp down on the informal labour market, the case has never been stronger.
“It's absolutely obvious to me that people should have a digital identity... Let's stop shouting at the French. A lot of this is on us.” Ex-MI6 boss, Sir Alex Younger, backs calls for digital ID cards and adds that they could help deter small boat crossings. #Newsnight