The general principle is that prevention is better than cure. The downside is that the costs land now, whereas the benefits accrued over decades. And people and governments in general (and I suspect … (View Post)
Right tool, right job. But also, recognising that thoughtful planning to reduce marginal car use makes life healthier and nicer for everyone. And that a town where everyone can use cars as much as th… (View Post)
Active travel has been described, fairly convincingly, as a miracle pill for a range of physical and mental health problems. Social connection and all that. As so often, we know roughly what to do- p… (View Post)
Pretty optimistic that that is Starmer being a Proven Lawyer and only asking questions when he is sure of the answer. Pretty much all the polling on Brexit is bad and moving away from the idea (even … (View Post)
397 in 1983. And both Starmer's 33.7% and Sunak's 23.7% have a bit of context. Back in Maggie's day, the Greens weren't on 6% and there was nobody like Reform on 14%. That's hoovering up a lot of vot… (View Post)