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The IndependentAndrew Grice asks “Who is the real Starmer?” Keir Starmer has said that he is nothing without power, and winning is everything. Susan Alexander South Gloucestershire The UK needs clear and sensible AI regulation The UK’s approach to AI regulation stems from its plans for the UK to be regarded as the best place in the world for AI tech to grow. But with a patchwork of ever-growing legal regimes to comply with, the UK government is concerned that “compliance confusion” will make the UK an unattractive place in which for AI businesses to invest. So, instead of choosing the EU’s “rule-based” approach to AI governance and a single AI regulator, the UK has instead opted for a lighter touch “principle-based” approach with decentralised oversight by a diffuse network of existing regulators. Paula Williamson, partner and data protection and privacy specialist, Excello Law Birmingham If the BBC is annoying politicians, it’s doing its job Isn’t the sight of the BBC getting up the noses of politicians, governments and those running an agenda based on greed and profit in the media a healthy sign that it’s doing its job well?