One further glimmer of hope for the long term, though not necessarily to my personal taste: several regimes in the region have managed in recent years to combine conservative Islamism with free marke… (View Post)

They should call the new toll roads “autoroutes”, the toll booths “peages” and promise some nice “aires” operated by Autogrill along the way. Interestingly the Mayor of London has shown that with a b… (View Post)

Privatise the motorways. Would be a big revenue raiser for government. It’s the only bit of national infrastructure we provide for free, and anyone who’s experienced the joy of autoroute driving in F… (View Post)

Indeed, and it’s been vociferously debated on here by the same characters in the past. I recall he was performatively shocked at my suggestion that we shouldn’t keep dumping carcinogenic chemicals in… (View Post)

My son’s embarking on an EPQ on the future of energy in the UK. I should point him to here for some useful sources. (View Post)