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AI: ANDY’S IN!
Andy Burnham’s commitment to AI will be music to the ears of the man he has retained as his business adviser, who still has skin in the game.

BIO-ENGINEERING
Fresh disappearances from AI minister Kanishka Narayan’s LinkedIn profile suggest he doesn’t want scrutiny of his previous work in the financial sector.

NOT MAD FOR IT
The poor turnout in Greater Manchester’s mayoral election reflects the exhaustion of the local electorate – and they have another vote on the way…

RECURRING DREAMS
Labour’s Bev Craig called the role of Greater Manchester mayor “the dream job” – but it’s not the only dream job she’s had.

BOOSTER SEAT
Ahead of the Clacton by-election, struggling Reform UK has been paying to “boost” ads on social media to a wider audience.

A NAZI SMELL…
After he embarrassed himself in an interview with the Economist’s editor, Elon Musk encouraged his followers to consider her a “traitor to the West”.

INFANTINO! NO! NO!
The supine Football Association eventually ended up on the right side of Uefa’s war with Fifa, but it took a woefully long time to get there.

FIGHT DELAYED
The lawfare of Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has suffered a major setback, with the UK trade mark tribunal revoking his registration for the word “easy”.

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Power struggle
Lady Liberty on America’s data centre wars

Local problems
Which is the rottenest borough of them all?

Debbie downer
The FA’s timid attitude to Fifa’s Infantino

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