So the national interest (in the short term, these people have to go somewhere) overrides the local one (not near me). Nimbies are bad, in other words. Politically, it's not a popular line, but … (View Post)

It's not. But who is a) to the right of Ed Davey, b) has reasonable political heft and c) the nerve to point out where politicians are daring each other to go? Because it ain't the Good Pla… (View Post)

Meanwhile, in "tradition is the democracy of the dead" news, Sharon Carby, aged 70, from Bradford, sadly died in July 2024. But that didn’t stop Reform UK six months later picking her as th… (View Post)

I suspect that Heath wants it to be true, and he knows that lots of his readers want it to be true. And these days, that's enough. (View Post)

Planet Normal, as Alison Pearson's podcast is named. But left to our own devices, we all think our circle is the norm and everything else is an aberration. One of the downsides of choose-your-ow… (View Post)