Suspect that gatelines are the main win here (besides- machines beat people for productivity, as long as there is a human to override the robots when necessary.) The catch is that gates do reduce far… (View Post)

More significantly, the Mail are preparing to shuffle away again; Under-pressure Nigel Farage hit back at Sir Keir Starmer and other critics of his economic policies today as he was accused of having… (View Post)

Another take on Gategate, from someone who knows about this sort of thing (editor of London Reconnections, which is transit nerd central); Also, last time I looked the biggest issue with fare evasion… (View Post)

Devolution by TV transmitter regions! Definitely the way to go. The only place it doesn't really work is the Cambridge-Peterborough-Northampton-Milton Keynes block. Just too generic. Hence the B… (View Post)

Depends which Faragists. The golf club boors of Kent, the former right wing Conservatives, probably are rich enough that they want minimal state services. Apart from social care for themselves and th… (View Post)