Especially given that almost every union in the public sector is angling for above-inflation pay awards, and their own party’s activists see priorities in such areas as increasing benefits to large f… (View Post)

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)