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One-eyed man in the country of the blind
Difficult, even eye-watering choices, Jeremy Hunt? No, there is low-hanging fruit that experts, politicians and media folk routinely overlook, a field of public spending that consumes tens of billions to universal detriment. This public disservice somehow slips below the radar of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Chu, efficiency savings, Equality Streets, Martin Cassini, Newsnight, PM, spending suts, Today
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Cuts – the usual suspects
Radio 4’s PM wheels on various guests about possible spending cuts. Yesterday it was Mel Stride MP and Paul Johnson of the IFS. Today it was Paul Scully, Minister for local govt. “Where there is any fat,” asks Evan Davis, … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, Evan Davis, Martin Cassini, Paul Scully, PM, spending cuts, TfL
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Mediocrity blocking reform
The level of debate about roads on BBC Today and PM is pitiful. On self-driving cars and 20mph recently, “experts” cited accident figures and blamed driver error. They never see that our problems stem from the mistaken rules and a … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Today Programme, Equality Streets, PM, self-driving cars, traffic policy
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Censored again?
Last week I pitched the following to PM and Today. As usual, no response. Am I being censored, do they not read emails, or do they only respond to non-controversial material? If as road-users, on foot or on wheels, we … Continue reading
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Tagged congestion charging, Equality Streets, PM, road pricing, Today Programme
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Traffic policy and the law
“The trouble with the law is it excludes commonsense,” said historian and former Supreme Court Judge, Lord Sumption, on PM today. “We are quite capable of getting through this by using our survival instincts and exercising commonsense, without the interference … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption, PM, traffic policy and the law
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The Fluke of Edinburgh
It probably was a fluke that the Duke survived the crash at the junction on the A149. Consider the dilemma. You’re on a minor road. You arrive at a junction. You are faced with streams of traffic coming at you … Continue reading
