I would love to be surprised on the upside, but sadly think you’re probably right. I just can’t see the government getting rid of the amount of bureaucracy required to actually fix the housing logjam… (View Post)

Ha, so you did. It was somewhat obvious from the description which was being discussed. (View Post)

. The WCML “upgrade” is the best advert for doing HS2 as a brand new line. It was horrendously disruptive at the time, and delivered a fraction of what it was supposed to for many times the cost. (View Post)

The sad ‘legacy’ of most Olympics is a whole load of expensive white elephant venues that never get used afterwards. Rio and Athens were particularly bad in this regard. At least a general purpose ar… (View Post)

Because they can sell more tickets in the temporary venue, it’s the largest indoor arena in Europe and recently hosted The Rolling Stones and Taylor Swift. They get 15,000 people in the swimming pool… (View Post)