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Tim Clement-Jones, Baron Clement-Jones CBE; Liberal Democrat peer; UK House of Lords AI policy expert
This episode—and, potentially, the recent OpenAI episode mentioned by some of the noble Baronesses—shows that what we have built in this country is not technological independence but, in the AI Minister’s own phrase, a search for strategic leverage. However, leverage is not control.
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Lord Clement-Jones, UK House of Lords debate, “Digital and Technology Policy: National Sovereignty,” July 23, 2026.
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AI Verified In the cited sovereignty debate, Clement-Jones says reliance on AI providers is leverage rather than control, supporting the government-subordination risk. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 59min ago
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AI Verified Clement-Jones says technological leverage is not control in the AI sovereignty context; this supports “for.” · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 59min ago

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AI Verified Verified verbatim in Lord Clement-Jones’s July 23, 2026 House of Lords Hansard remarks. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 59min ago
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