Indeed. There's a lot there with how the DFT evaluate economic benefits of investment, but it is really difficult politics to change that. I'd start with sorting out our local travel networ… (View Post)

I think the main British issue is the people on our political Right have a weird, blind fetish about the USA .... even now as we watch it fall to pieces. So I comment on that. No matter what happens,… (View Post)

I think there is a problem with making a judgement "by walking about", as it is based on impression of quality of public realm. We know that from 2010 (and perhaps a little earlier) through… (View Post)

A potentially interesting BBC programme on how teenage girls self-define: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62je1g000eo (Follows on from a previous one about teenage boys.) (View Post)

I'll make predictions. We will see some institutional reform in the EU to prevent a single country stymying the entire alliance acting. That could be a more demanding version of qualified majori… (View Post)