Train strikes have definitely had an impact. Interestingly (purely anecdotally) before late-Autumn the trend I was seeing was that commuting was really accelerating at pace, but as the strikes hit th… (View Post)

The very frustrating thing about all of this is that instead of using the tools at its disposal to mitigate the negative impact people were feeling (or perceived to be feeling) from FOM: i.e: 1. Prop… (View Post)

The issues a significant drop would cause outweigh any benefits that would be felt apart from a few people in the right place at the right time, but a reduction of say 10% -and then stagnation for a … (View Post)

Off topic, and a bit of a weird thing to say on a politics site, but is anyone else feeling slightly “meh” about British politics at the moment? In theory it’s an exciting time, but now Sunak has got… (View Post)

From what I’ve read, McCarthy is absolutely desperate to be Speaker. It’s apparently been his political ambition ever since he interned on Capitol Hill years and years ago. It is hard to see him back… (View Post)