🇬🇧 Seven exponential policies for a new government

There is an election in the UK. Here is what a new government should do.

So there is a General Election¹ in the UK on the 4th of July.

As our American readers sit down to barbecue with friends and family on Independence Day, voters in the UK will be finishing casting out votes for MPs from one of several parties. They include the incumbent Conservative party, in power since 2010; the opposition, Labour party; the Liberal Democrats, the long-standing third party which has no prospect of forming a majority; the right-wing upstart, Reform; or a regional or fringe group. The UK is also famous for comedic candidates, such as Count Binface.

The pollsters put Labour wildly ahead of the Conservatives. But elections are unpredictable and six weeks is a long time in politics.

The government we choose will navigate the critical years of the exponential transition: that short period until 2029.

They’re crucial five years. We are already well into the exponential transition. There is momentum behind the development and deployment of AI and the energy transition.

2029 will…