Because it is a major historic landmark. It is iconic and an important part of our national heritage. The idea of it being allowed to slowly disintegrate or even be demolished would be cultural vanda… (View Post)

That is essentially what happens now. There is a team dedicated to supporting researchers in a range of data and information areas. A central cost which is rightly part of running a major research un… (View Post)

In almost any public funding organisation, there is always bloat when it comes to staffing. I know it is a minor example but my housemate works for the IT department at the University of Oxford. A la… (View Post)

With the terrible twosome backing Truss from right outside No10, it looks too much like BBC Truss is Boris's preferred candidate. The optics are awful for her on that. Glad that Shapps has final… (View Post)

30mph is not flying. It is paternalistic policy making driven by lobby groups not by proper research and evidence. Classic gesture politics (View Post)