I'd call Derby a Curate's Egg - good parts and bad parts. Some truly awful roads, but also Rolls-Royce (1200 new jobs from Aukus, if dodgy Rishi doesn't burn that down as well) and the… (View Post)

There's a surprisingly kind cairn near Swarkestone Bridge / Causeway (itself very special) in memory of Charles Edward Stuart's about turn. Piccies: Local Schoolchildren are less kind. No i… (View Post)

So we hope (maybe) that Starmer will have learnt the lessons of Blair's unpreparedness and wasted 2 years, and will come equipped with a set of reform plans, and a pair of emasculators to apply … (View Post)

That misses that HS2 was also intended to create on rail long distance freight capacity and give an alternative to airlines, eventually for various Scottish airports too. All that - unless it can be … (View Post)

Thanks for the anecdata, Nick. (View Post)