Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
Painters don't want fans to remix their paintings with AI.
Authors don't want fans to remix their novels with AI.
Why would musical artists want fans to remix their songs with AI?
Authors don't want fans to remix their novels with AI.
Why would musical artists want fans to remix their songs with AI?
Spotify is rolling out an AI tool in 2027 that lets users remix & alter any song
It threatens creative integrity & ownership
It will fill the platform with a tsunami of AI-generated slop
It will devalue the years of work behind original tracks
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Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
Well done @Annabel_C_Price !
…and the winner is Dr Annabel Price!
Judges noted that Dr Price made an exceptional impact through national leadership on the Assisted Dying Bill, pioneering clinical ethics, advancing compassionate palliative and liaison psychiatry. Her commitment to equality and integrating lthcare makes her an outstanding role model for the profession.
Huge congratulation on your award Dr Price! #rcpsychAwards
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Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
Denmark proposes a groundbreaking copyright law that would grant citizens ownership of their face, voice,and body to fight against Al deepfakes.
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King Charles, Prince William and Prime Minister Andy Burnham led Britain in remembering the country’s fallen at the annual ceremony in London.
The royal family and politicians joined the nation in observing a two-minute silence, as wreaths were laid at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, in war.
Kate, Princess of Wales, and Queen Camilla watched from a nearby government building as Britain paid tribute to those who died in both world wars and later conflicts.
The royal family and politicians joined the nation in observing a two-minute silence, as wreaths were laid at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, in war.
Kate, Princess of Wales, and Queen Camilla watched from a nearby government building as Britain paid tribute to those who died in both world wars and later conflicts.
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Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
Surely they should stop this. Harold Macmillan complained - rightly - about selling off the family silver. This is worse: selling off the family library. What pitiful barbarism we have descended to.
Privatisation of British Library:
To be asset stripped, destroyed like water companies & Royal Mail:
BL management will close reading rooms, converting them into paid, private spaces operated by commercial company.
They propose outsourcing in-house security.
Stop this rip-off.
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Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
Every day at the top of my YouTube feed there's an ad for AI slop music. Max Richter warns that GenAI tracks are damaging earnings for musicians and degrading our music taste.
Will AI make music a hobby for the wealthy? Acclaimed composer Max Richter warns that AI-generated tracks are diluting artists’ earnings and degrading our taste in music. bloomberg.com/features/2026-…
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Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
On Remembrance Sunday, the Elizabeth Tower is illuminated to honour those who lost their lives in the First World War.
The projection shares five stories, developed with @CWGC, marking the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.
#LestWeForget
The projection shares five stories, developed with @CWGC, marking the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.
#LestWeForget
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Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
It isn’t proper for a national library to be charging for access to spaces that were paid for by the public: also London is overrun by loss making “flexible workspaces”. The BL consultation on its future barely mentions books or access to knowledge. Save @britishlibrary .
Email from the British Library. "Next year we’ll also begin work on repurposing our Science and Social Sciences Reading Rooms to become a flexible workspace and generate a new revenue stream." I'm sorry, what?
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Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
As ever, it was a moving Remembrance Sunday Service in Hull this morning. The annual reminder of what our City went through in the World Wars.
Last week, I was proud to place a cross in the House of Commons Memorial Garden for all those across Hull North and Cottingham.
As we wear our poppies and pay our respects, let us remember those who gave so much in service to this country.
We will remember them.
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Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
I've donated a signed guitar to help raise funds for the restoration of Olympic Studios in London, where I recorded three of my albums.
The guitar is now available in the Olympic Sound Studios fundraising auction.
You can find out more here:
olympicsoundstudios.indy.auction/fundraising-au…
The guitar is now available in the Olympic Sound Studios fundraising auction.
You can find out more here:
olympicsoundstudios.indy.auction/fundraising-au…
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Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
Some conversations never leave you. I for one will never forget being asked by a former member of the Coldstream Guards, in May 2017 on an early-morning walkabout of the city centre during my time as Mayor of Greater Manchester, whether I could justify him being left with no option but to bed down on cardboard and a sleeping bag on the steps of the Royal Exchange Theatre.
I said no, I couldn't. But I walked away knowing he was not the only one. People who had been prepared to put their lives on the line for us now sheltering in theatre and shop doorways. I remember feeling chastened. How had my generation of politicians allowed this situation to develop without doing enough to prevent it?
Most people leaving the Armed Forces go on to thrive in Civvy Street. They bring skills, discipline and experience that any employer should value. But some struggle with life after service, often through no fault of their own. Conditions caused by their time in the forces, such as PTSD, or the lack of support with the transition from one life to another, can be a root cause of homelessness. Too many are still left to face that struggle alone.
When someone who has worn our nation's uniform ends up surviving on the streets, we owe them more than warm words on Remembrance Weekend. At the very least, we owe them a bed every night and support to recover.
Everyone should know what help is available and where to find it. If you are a veteran facing homelessness, or know one who is, contact Op FORTITUDE, the UK-wide helpline, on 0800 952 0774 for immediate support. This is one of many government-backed veteran programmes, but I know we must do more.
This Remembrance Sunday, as we honour those who have served and sacrificed for us, I want to set a new operating principle for the British state. It is simply this: no one who has served our country should be left to sleep on its streets.
As part of my drive to end rough sleeping, I will be writing to councils in England this week to ask them to draw up a specific plan on veteran homelessness. As a start, I will ask them to ensure that any veteran sleeping rough is offered appropriate accommodation before Christmas.
For the first time, the money is there to do it. We have provided councils with almost £900 million until the end of this Parliament to help end rough sleeping, including among veterans. We are also allocating nearly £9 million to local veterans' centres across the UK for targeted housing, employment and health support.
Nearly all our councils have signed the Armed Forces Covenant. They care about our veterans and are already doing vital work with local charities to support them. Now we must go further and help councils turn that commitment into a roof over every head every night.
Our veterans stood by us. We must stand by them. That means a commitment to a supported path away from the streets for everyone who needs one. From this Remembrance Sunday onwards, I want the whole country to honour that simple pledge.
I said no, I couldn't. But I walked away knowing he was not the only one. People who had been prepared to put their lives on the line for us now sheltering in theatre and shop doorways. I remember feeling chastened. How had my generation of politicians allowed this situation to develop without doing enough to prevent it?
Most people leaving the Armed Forces go on to thrive in Civvy Street. They bring skills, discipline and experience that any employer should value. But some struggle with life after service, often through no fault of their own. Conditions caused by their time in the forces, such as PTSD, or the lack of support with the transition from one life to another, can be a root cause of homelessness. Too many are still left to face that struggle alone.
When someone who has worn our nation's uniform ends up surviving on the streets, we owe them more than warm words on Remembrance Weekend. At the very least, we owe them a bed every night and support to recover.
Everyone should know what help is available and where to find it. If you are a veteran facing homelessness, or know one who is, contact Op FORTITUDE, the UK-wide helpline, on 0800 952 0774 for immediate support. This is one of many government-backed veteran programmes, but I know we must do more.
This Remembrance Sunday, as we honour those who have served and sacrificed for us, I want to set a new operating principle for the British state. It is simply this: no one who has served our country should be left to sleep on its streets.
As part of my drive to end rough sleeping, I will be writing to councils in England this week to ask them to draw up a specific plan on veteran homelessness. As a start, I will ask them to ensure that any veteran sleeping rough is offered appropriate accommodation before Christmas.
For the first time, the money is there to do it. We have provided councils with almost £900 million until the end of this Parliament to help end rough sleeping, including among veterans. We are also allocating nearly £9 million to local veterans' centres across the UK for targeted housing, employment and health support.
Nearly all our councils have signed the Armed Forces Covenant. They care about our veterans and are already doing vital work with local charities to support them. Now we must go further and help councils turn that commitment into a roof over every head every night.
Our veterans stood by us. We must stand by them. That means a commitment to a supported path away from the streets for everyone who needs one. From this Remembrance Sunday onwards, I want the whole country to honour that simple pledge.
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Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
This is the worst idea anyone has ever had
Spotify just announced a feature that could either save the music industry or destroy it.
Starting as early as Q1 2027, Spotify Premium subscribers will be able to use AI to transform any participating artist’s song into a completely different version. Turn a folk ballad into a dance track. Make a hip-hop song sound acoustic. Generate a cover where one artist’s voice performs another artist’s song. Remix a pop hit into lo-fi study music. Create the version of your favorite song that only existed in your head until now.
The remixes will be uploaded directly to Spotify. They’ll appear in playlists. They’ll count toward the original song’s chart position. And most importantly the original artist will earn royalties every time someone listens to a fan-created remix of their work.
Spotify has already signed a landmark licensing deal with Universal Music Group the world’s largest record label. Negotiations with Sony Music and Warner Music are ongoing. The feature will cost an additional $4–$5/month on top of Spotify Premium. And analysts project 7–8% of American subscribers will adopt it by 2028.
This is not Suno or Udio generating music from text prompts. This is fans remixing real songs by real artists with the artists’ permission, on the world’s largest streaming platform, with royalties flowing back to the creators.
A music industry analyst who’s covered streaming economics for 15 years told her team something after reading the licensing agreement that reframed how she understood the future of recorded music.
“Spotify just turned 640 million listeners into 640 million potential remixers. The question isn’t whether people will use it they will. The question is whether paying artists for fan remixes solves the economics of streaming or creates a world where the original recording is worth less than the infinite remixes generated from it.”
Here’s what Spotify’s AI remix feature actually is, who wins, who loses, and why this might be the most consequential decision in the music industry since the launch of streaming itself 🧵
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Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
This account by @DanNeidle of Russell Brand's use of an injunction to silence (and bankrupt) a woman who accused him of assaulting her is shocking.
She wasn't even allowed to talk about it to the police or to medics other than named individuals.
taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/11/07/rus…
She wasn't even allowed to talk about it to the police or to medics other than named individuals.
taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/11/07/rus…
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Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
How can the technology pupils already use become a musical instrument?
Join us on 11 Nov, as Si Tew of Digit Music takes us through how you can teach whole-class music using classroom tablets to perform, compose and explore music.
Sign up today ⬇️
ism.org/event/rethinki…
Join us on 11 Nov, as Si Tew of Digit Music takes us through how you can teach whole-class music using classroom tablets to perform, compose and explore music.
Sign up today ⬇️
ism.org/event/rethinki…
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Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
On this day in 1946, King George VI gave Royal Assent to the National Health Services Act. The birth of our NHS.
A bold and historic new principle - healthcare for all, free when you need it. Eight decades later, that principle is as powerful as ever.
To everyone who has worked vices since then: thank you. For being there and caring for all of us when we need you. You are the reason that principle still stands.
A bold and historic new principle - healthcare for all, free when you need it. Eight decades later, that principle is as powerful as ever.
To everyone who has worked vices since then: thank you. For being there and caring for all of us when we need you. You are the reason that principle still stands.
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Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
Urge the British Library not to close its reading rooms - Sign the Petition! c.org/nQHQmWTCJj via @UKChange
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Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts and culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @_CFTA's petition urging @andyburnham to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Please join me: campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-y…
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Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
As a writer I have what my agent kindly calls ‘a modest platform’. Those with a hugely immodest one now need to stand up against the privatisation of @britishlibrary We need a very loud and persistent voice against it. Think what the French would do.
This can not stand.
This can not stand.
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Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) retweeted
Spotify just announced a feature that could either save the music industry or destroy it.
Starting as early as Q1 2027, Spotify Premium subscribers will be able to use AI to transform any participating artist’s song into a completely different version. Turn a folk ballad into a dance track. Make a hip-hop song sound acoustic. Generate a cover where one artist’s voice performs another artist’s song. Remix a pop hit into lo-fi study music. Create the version of your favorite song that only existed in your head until now.
The remixes will be uploaded directly to Spotify. They’ll appear in playlists. They’ll count toward the original song’s chart position. And most importantly the original artist will earn royalties every time someone listens to a fan-created remix of their work.
Spotify has already signed a landmark licensing deal with Universal Music Group the world’s largest record label. Negotiations with Sony Music and Warner Music are ongoing. The feature will cost an additional $4–$5/month on top of Spotify Premium. And analysts project 7–8% of American subscribers will adopt it by 2028.
This is not Suno or Udio generating music from text prompts. This is fans remixing real songs by real artists with the artists’ permission, on the world’s largest streaming platform, with royalties flowing back to the creators.
A music industry analyst who’s covered streaming economics for 15 years told her team something after reading the licensing agreement that reframed how she understood the future of recorded music.
“Spotify just turned 640 million listeners into 640 million potential remixers. The question isn’t whether people will use it they will. The question is whether paying artists for fan remixes solves the economics of streaming or creates a world where the original recording is worth less than the infinite remixes generated from it.”
Here’s what Spotify’s AI remix feature actually is, who wins, who loses, and why this might be the most consequential decision in the music industry since the launch of streaming itself 🧵
Starting as early as Q1 2027, Spotify Premium subscribers will be able to use AI to transform any participating artist’s song into a completely different version. Turn a folk ballad into a dance track. Make a hip-hop song sound acoustic. Generate a cover where one artist’s voice performs another artist’s song. Remix a pop hit into lo-fi study music. Create the version of your favorite song that only existed in your head until now.
The remixes will be uploaded directly to Spotify. They’ll appear in playlists. They’ll count toward the original song’s chart position. And most importantly the original artist will earn royalties every time someone listens to a fan-created remix of their work.
Spotify has already signed a landmark licensing deal with Universal Music Group the world’s largest record label. Negotiations with Sony Music and Warner Music are ongoing. The feature will cost an additional $4–$5/month on top of Spotify Premium. And analysts project 7–8% of American subscribers will adopt it by 2028.
This is not Suno or Udio generating music from text prompts. This is fans remixing real songs by real artists with the artists’ permission, on the world’s largest streaming platform, with royalties flowing back to the creators.
A music industry analyst who’s covered streaming economics for 15 years told her team something after reading the licensing agreement that reframed how she understood the future of recorded music.
“Spotify just turned 640 million listeners into 640 million potential remixers. The question isn’t whether people will use it they will. The question is whether paying artists for fan remixes solves the economics of streaming or creates a world where the original recording is worth less than the infinite remixes generated from it.”
Here’s what Spotify’s AI remix feature actually is, who wins, who loses, and why this might be the most consequential decision in the music industry since the launch of streaming itself 🧵
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