Palau’s Fishing Problem – Gang Aft Agley And All That
The world's a complicated place and people are weird - that second being the great finding of both sociology and anthropology. This makes planning...
Labour’s Pathetic Nonsense About Rough Sleeping Figures
If you don't like the number try counting something different:
The government has been accused of dramatically under-reporting the scale of rough sleeping following council...
What A Good Idea, Why Don’t We Get Flood Management Right?
A call for us to all try and get flood management right. Yes, what a good idea:
More investment in flood defences and improved planning...
Rishi’s Ghastly Idea To Move The Treasury North
I think all are agreed that what the British economy really needs is some more ivory tower, entirely out of touch, economic planners? Good,...
Entire Argle Bargle From The BBC Chairman
Yes, obviously, the bloke seated on the sharp pinnacle of a massive bureaucracy is going to thrash around and try any argument at all...
The Advantage Of Water Privatisation
Wellington, in New Zealand, is discovering why Britain privatised the water companies. Although I think we all realise that no one at all observing...
A Bright New Idea – The Opportunity Grant
There's a problem with this idea:
Johnson’s government has a point to make: that the Tory party of 2020 is at the service of the...
Good Luck With Banning Google
The British government is to take to itself the power to ban Google in the UK. And Facebook, Twitter and all the rest.
Good...
These Huge Benefits of HS2
From our Swindon Correspondent:
OK, it's a done deal, it's going to happen, but I was slightly amused by this argument from an advocate for...
The Myth of Rail Privatisation
From our Swindon Correspondent:
From the BBC
Northern's new fleet of trains are less reliable than the heavily-criticised Pacers they replaced, figures show.
Rail industry figures show the...