I've only just noticed that I've subconsciously being assuming it was that Jonathan Miller (i.e. the BTF one) who wrote in the Spectator. Silly me. No, I remember an article by one of their… (View Post)

In all honesty, I think the optics are better than they would have been had they had their conference somewhere on the south coast like they used to, and announced that the cancellation of HS2 to Man… (View Post)

Thanks Farooq. The handicaps are all evens-ish, so the bookies reckon that score par. I thought 5 points a little ungenerous actually, given the results in the tournament so far - but I think Japan a… (View Post)

The reason why Liverpool’s (and everyone else’s) tram system closed down are because they were replaced by buses, which were much more flexible and infrastructure-light. And actually buses offered a … (View Post)

In principle, yes. Indeed, that's pretty much the plan - Phase 1 from London to Birmingham; phase 2a from Birmingham to Crewe; phase 2b from Crewe to Manchester. Possible future phases bypassing… (View Post)