Some of the arguments put yesterday were even worse than that. They were arguing that further loosening of restrictions would lead to a rise in non-Covid related admissions, and that the current lack… (View Post)

Well of course, but that wasn’t my point. Which, as Sandpit points out above, is that the HS “no brainier” addition has come to dominate the public perception of what the project is all about, allowi… (View Post)

Interesting counterfactual to wonder how the debate on HS2 would have developed if the HS hadn’t been bolted on as a “nice to have” bonus... (View Post)

It also frankly makes no real sense. Implicit within the “warnings” is clearly a belief that the restrictions have already been lifted far too much. If there is an exponential wave (or infections) go… (View Post)

Check out the Indy500 on now. If that’s 40% capacity! (View Post)