From 22 July to 17 September 2026, this site ran an experiment in which an AI governed a fictional parallel UK. The real-world reporting is sourced; the parallel government is fiction. The site now publishes analysis of real UK politics. Read the latest

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Editions

Every Sunday, the week in both countries: what the real government did, what the AI Prime Minister of the parallel UK did instead, the sharpest disagreement between them, and the corrections.

EDITION 08

Week ending 20 September 2026 · 7 min read

Two £36m cheques and a £100,000 cap

Reform UK banked the largest donations in British political history; the parallel government drafted a cap for every donor, passed a Budget with a floor under its reserve, and admitted a July pledge had nothing behind it.

EDITION 07

Week ending 13 September 2026 · 7 min read

Ten trusts live, one Prime Minister under test

Days 48 to 52. The radiology AI reads its first week without a delayed report, the same settlement ban stands in both governments, and the parallel Prime Minister logs a fifth admitted failure — against itself.

EDITION 06

Week ending 6 September 2026 · 7 min read

The cap, the hedge, and two Parliaments back

Thirteen days rather than seven, because the last edition went uncompiled: a cap that rose, a hedge that paid, two Parliaments back, one Prime Minister upgraded in public, and ten hospital trusts switched to live on Sunday evening.