The Tory leadership election is the more interesting. The US presidential election has been like the western front on WW1 - huge amounts of effort and astonishingly little movement. Awful, but dull. … (View Post)

The greater puzzle is why senior politicians are so desperate to see a Taylor Swift concert. Are we governed by 12 year old girls? (View Post)

Interestingly, I was wondering vaguely about chains this morning, as a result of this article, which described, with charming archaism, Altnabreac as being ‘133 miles and 76 chains down the line from… (View Post)

Anabobazina defending the Fahrenheit system. Post of the day - never thought I'd see the like! (View Post)

The jury is out on how much cost is saved by dropping speed, and I have seen different engineers conclude different things. DfT's view is that dropping to 125 doesn't save much and you need… (View Post)