Not just a London thing. Happens on the Metrolink. Except there are no barriers on the Met, so it doesn't appear in that way; instead, you get, for example, what I saw yesterday: when the (spora… (View Post)

OTTOMH, there are three things you can do to engender growth: 1) Long-term: invest in the things that will increase it - infrastructure, skills, etc. 2) Short-term: not make growth-inhibiting decisio… (View Post)

It's a fair question (notwithstanding the points of those pointing out that such things do exist in London). I recently read Eric Newby's memoirs - and his description of his (middle class)… (View Post)

Indeed. It's always refreshing to look abroad and realise others' political and economic problems are as bad or worse than our own. Neither Germany nor France are drawing particularly envio… (View Post)

Well true - because things are clearly working out pretty well for people who live in nice places, who have an interest in conserving the status quo, and people who live in shitholes have rather more… (View Post)