MattW

One example from Birmingham was I think Operation Parksafe, where it was active citizens making reports of certain offences around risky / dangerous parking and the police and support side was handle… (View Post)

A very good listen from the weekend, a Rest is Politics - Leading interview with Sir Alex Younger, former Head of MI6. Very good on comparing USA with China, suggesting that we are far better with a … (View Post)

Usually the big stuff is centrally funded with 20% from the Local Highways Authority (LHA). LHAs are the county or unitary council. In tiered District-County areas it is County who do roads and highw… (View Post)

Thanks. That's one of my comments on Youtube below this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tc8T1jnIEE It was a Times Radio video about Starmer and Carney, and a few comments expressing a view th… (View Post)

We'll see how it goes. I'm less optimistic, but obviously my "accessible public realm" beat can be caught up in some of the more bonkers stereotypes of "woke" or "DEI" i… (View Post)