Nish Kumar

A spokesperson for Downing Street said, we weren't following the US's lead, but that this is about our own national interest, ensuring the balance between opportunity and security. Can you wade through that word, Sue, to discern what the fuck that means? No.

A spokesperson for Downing Street said, we weren't following the US's lead, but that this is about our own national interest, ensuring the balance between opportunity and security. Can you wade through that word, Sue, to discern what the fuck that means? No.

My concern here is that Elon Musk and Google have all warned that tech companies might choose to not launch products in the UK because due to the funding structure for the Online Safety Act, and there are Ofcom plans to charge tech giants fees equivalent to about 0.02% of their global revenue to enforce the laws, which would generate around 70 million quid a year.

My concern here is that Elon Musk and Google have all warned that tech companies might choose to not launch products in the UK because due to the funding structure for the Online Safety Act, and there are Ofcom plans to charge tech giants fees equivalent to about 0.02% of their global revenue to enforce the laws, which would generate around 70 million quid a year.

Since the first discussions about the Online Safety Act, Musk has turned a huge amount of attention and hostile attention to the United Kingdom. Now, am I being... What I usually am, which is a profoundly paranoid man here, to say that Musk's threats and saber rattling from those tech companies is something that maybe is colouring our government's actions in this area.

Since the first discussions about the Online Safety Act, Musk has turned a huge amount of attention and hostile attention to the United Kingdom. Now, am I being... What I usually am, which is a profoundly paranoid man here, to say that Musk's threats and saber rattling from those tech companies is something that maybe is colouring our government's actions in this area.

And is that why potentially they might not be willing to sign up to the AI thing? A separate issue from it being a bit kumbaya, which is a wonderful turn of phrase.

And is that why potentially they might not be willing to sign up to the AI thing? A separate issue from it being a bit kumbaya, which is a wonderful turn of phrase.

Thank you so much for joining us today on Pod Save the UK, Patricia Clarke. And listeners, do check out her work on Tortoise's Sloan newscast. In the latest episode, you actually talk about how Silicon Valley billionaires are trying to live forever, which aligns with one of my personal obsessions, Brian Johnson.

Thank you so much for joining us today on Pod Save the UK, Patricia Clarke. And listeners, do check out her work on Tortoise's Sloan newscast. In the latest episode, you actually talk about how Silicon Valley billionaires are trying to live forever, which aligns with one of my personal obsessions, Brian Johnson.

I think one of the strangest men to ever live.

I think one of the strangest men to ever live.

Son's blood.

Son's blood.

Son's blood. We should say for legal clarification, he doesn't do that anymore. It's fucking weird.

Son's blood. We should say for legal clarification, he doesn't do that anymore. It's fucking weird.

terrifying, full colour.

terrifying, full colour.

Angry, disgusted, dishevelled. The Nishkumar story.

Angry, disgusted, dishevelled. The Nishkumar story.