Around here, quite a chunk of economic policy was being designed around HS2. Then Rishi stabbed us all in the front. (View Post)

Indeedy. The difference in investment N/S (especially London) in transport is stark. (View Post)

On the Index of Multiple Deprivation Data, the whole area listed as being in the 2nd most deprived decile, not the 1st - that is strange for a "top 20". https://mapmaker.cdrc.ac.uk/#/index-… (View Post)

They were built late 1960s iirc, so would be full of it. The latency period for asbestosis is 10 -> 50 years (lost my dad in 2009 from exposure around 1970), so cases from 9/11 are likely to peak … (View Post)

Indeed. We know from Elon's friend Mr Putin that just debris from a tiny drone can destroy about 6 oil refineries, 5 harbours, 4 oil rigs, 3 air bases, 2 oligarch's gin palaces, and a partr… (View Post)