What I've learned after a year of serious Substacking (FREE TO READ): takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/substacking-…

How my newsletter has put my career in a much strategically stronger position, given the collapse in traditional media business models and the rise of AI. takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/substacking-…

Rehman Chishti walked so Mel Stride could run!

In which I describe why professional writers live such tortured lives. takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/substacking-…

Which Tory leadership contenders will commit to abolishing the Innovation Tax – by liberating the Postcode Address File? Kemi Badenoch Robert Jenrick James Cleverly🇬🇧 Tom Tugendhat and Mel Stride should tell us where they stand. (Context/explanation:) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/secret-paf-r…

I have found the maddest Doctor Who opinion

ICYMI:

It's a bit mad that there's so much handwringing over phasing out second class letter deliveries on Saturdays and not over the fact that that the Postcode Address File – a critical national dataset – could soon be owned by a foreign company. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Mew mew mew please don't build reservoirs my poor NIMBY heart can't take the idea of having adequate water to sustain the needs of the population

Free the Postcode Address File! takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/free-the-paf…

Attended a local consultation this evening for a large new development. Time to live my values and argue in favour of building things and reducing the number of cars. I went in ready for a fight with the NIMBYs. …Then discovered literally everyone there already agreed with me.

Liberate the Postcode Address File to support growth, innovation, and putting small businesses on a level playing field with Big Tech! takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/secret-paf-r…

A closely related concept to the "Zamboni": takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/the-left-sho…