You can quibble with the occupancy assumptions in the cars and trains but one new high speed rail line running fewer than 20 trains an hour (at 400m length) provides more capacity than a new 6 lane m… (View Post)

It would for sure allow a more broadly felt improvement if directed locally. But it still wouldn’t fix the problem that we have insufficient transport capacity along and across the spine of the count… (View Post)

Voter cognitive dissonance at play here. They supported the withdrawal even though it turns out it was a bad / unnecessary thing to do. Much like with Iraq. If you supported the invasion, you should … (View Post)

It’s not really relevant right now is it. The question is more what they’ll look like if we end up with a cascade of Ken Bigley style videos for the rest of Biden’s presidency due to his ineptitude. (View Post)

Does Biden truly believe that there are no foreign jihadis in Afghanistan, who might have a different agenda to the Taliban leadership that went to Qatar? (View Post)