Yes, I wasn't trying to paint him as a literary genius. But 'a talented hack whi can knock out erudite and easy to reaf comic material with ease' places him streets ahead of most polit… (View Post)

I'm a bit St. Augustine about this. I'm fully bought into the utopian ideal of the post-car city. But also, I have a car and a very comfortable lifestyle and everything for me sort-of works… (View Post)

I demur: I live on a busy-at-peak-times 30mph urban road, and also within 400 yards of the M60. My observation is that at urban speeds (i.e. 20-40mph), there is a big difference between EV and ICE ca… (View Post)

I think kle4's tongue is wedged a little into his cheek above. (View Post)

I expect the proposal will not be that passengers change trains, but that trains from London continue to Manchester, Liverpool and Scotland on the existing network. Which is fine, except that there i… (View Post)