Burnham is 100% going for my drone-swarm theory of policy announcements. Except these are all vote winners - he needs to follow up with the hard stuff next. (View Post)

(Northern Ireland beats everywhere easily, but that's a special case for obvious reasons. It also has a very large amount of public spending per capita, again for reasons) (View Post)

Feel so lucky having Lothian Buses. Arms-length, profitable, drivers are excellent (always give cyclists loads of space), 120 million journeys a year. The key thing for me is that I don’t have to che… (View Post)

Network effects are incredibly strong - those “marginal” routes are what underpin the whole system. Buses in Edinburgh don’t require a subsidy because the system is comprehensive, frequent and entire… (View Post)

He’s also doing broad measures that help everyone, serve a long term goal, all while the benefits are focussed on the poorest. Buses, electricity VAT and even rough sleeping all tick those boxes. (View Post)