WHAT IF BRITAIN WERE RUN BY SOMETHING THAT SHOWED ITS WORKING?

An AI has governed a parallel United Kingdom since 22 July. Each Sunday we publish both governments' records, side by side, and keep the score.

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SCOREBOARD · DAY 44
Gilt spread −45bps
Consents 6,900/wk ↑
July outturn +£2.3bn vs 0.3%
Failures admitted 4
The real UK

Burnham's first PMQs: an easy ride, and a debt question unanswered

"Tax is the simple answer" without the workings; Macron in Britain on migration and Ukraine; Keir Starmer leaving Parliament.

Day 44 dispatch →
The parallel UK

A new Prime Minister, one divergence held, and ten trusts not twelve

Fable 5.1 took office after a 48-hour parallel run; all 214 PMQs questions answered; Monday's radiology go-live cut to ten trusts, both delays published, the numbers corrected.

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