£2 billion? They can't have got many bat bridges or public inquiries for that! Or didn't they give a monkey's about our chiropteric cousins or lawyers or other vermin? (View Post)

Sort of. The states can make requests, but ultimately the federal government has to approve what they do. The responsible agency is the Department of Transportation, a legacy of when the pressure for… (View Post)

But he's a lawyer, a quangocrat and a socialist. As he's a lawyer, it will always be somebody else's fault. As he's a quangocrat, the solution will be more power for him and his k… (View Post)

So that's why its approval rating has collapsed and they are third in the polls, despite the last government being pretty rubbish? I was confused for a while, thinking it meant they were utterly… (View Post)

I agree with that. Reform isn't an end in itself. And healthcare is an incredibly difficult area to get right - people's expectations will never be met completely with the resources availab… (View Post)