But what good does it do anybody to have a planning system that allows local people to force extra expense and delay (which we all end up paying for via taxes) before it comes to the same decision an… (View Post)

Cheap? I'd always heard it was rather dear... (View Post)

Mmm, that bit in the quoted article about "donor worries" is also relevant -- if Harris can't convince enough big donors then she won't be running. This feels to me like currently… (View Post)

That last one is at least more likely than the rest. The Public Accounts Committee inquiry report from earlier this year ( https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/127/public-accounts-committee/new… (View Post)

I think this conflates "Ming Vase concealing a hidden plan" with "Ming Vase without a plan". The phrase was used of Blair's 1997 campaign, and I think regardless of what you … (View Post)