The challenge is going to come when Andy has to do something right, but unpopular. Or has to choose the better of two bad options. After all, that's the essence of being in charge. (View Post)

All thanks to the Bus Services Act 2017, which slightly counterintuitively happened under Chris Grayling. (Actually, the whole bus data thing is a neat example of getting the ambition, practicality a… (View Post)

Suspect it's more urban/the rest, and probably a bit of muscle memory of the old Metropolitan County Council areas. There are towns and cities in the south that have a spiffy enough bus service … (View Post)

Trouble is that shelving long-term virtue for immediate sugar rushes has been the democratic will of the people... if not forever, certainly for a long time. I have the figure of 40 years floating ro… (View Post)

The rational thing is for pensioners to pay tax on their income in the same way as everyone else. But as we saw with the WFA debacle, rationality goes out the window when it comes to pensioners. I co… (View Post)