UK's AI Safety Ambitions Founder Without Economic Stake

What Kendall's speech established institutionally is a British government that has correctly diagnosed the problem — AI power concentration — and chosen a tool, coalition-building with other middle powers, that requires every other participant to also lack the leverage Britain lacks. The IPPR formulation is precise: no stake in the technology stack means no credible threat to companies that choose not to respect safety standards ^[1]. Coalition advocacy among countries that are all passengers is still a passenger's coalition. The frames this as…