Faking Claque Control
The leader of what passes for the Opposition, Sir Keir “Interesting” Starmer, has revealed his cynically-titled Taking Back Control Bill, a name appropriated from the Tories whom he so resembles.…
Post-Truth Politics
Is an Eton education good value for money? From the public’s point of view, it seems not, given Boris Johnson’s underwhelming analysis of European history. He lit up the weekend…
Keeping It Under Your Hat
With 11.5 million documents to read through, we’ve not heard the last of the revelations from the Panama Papers. David Cameron is on the defensive, though Jeremy Corbyn’s attacks are…
More, or Less? You Choose
Yes, you do. Because just when you think that London, after all it’s had so far, can’t get greedier yet, along comes Crossrail 2. The ‘National’ Infrastructure Commission last week…
History is Sunk
“My Lords, a nation gets awarded the character that it deserves. By neglecting to promote some aspect of this character, that aspect becomes increasingly insignificant within the image which other…
London Pride
Here is why the power of London, and the Britain it represents, must end. For all our sakes.It's time for regionalism, the only constitutional change that will turn England the…
Gearing Up
Surveyoris the magazine for highways and transport professionals. This month’s issue is headlined ‘Return of the Regions’ and opens to reveal an editorial by Dominic Browne, and more besides. The…
Letting London Go
Wastemonster has often voted for evil. And now for EVEL – English Votes for English Laws. Quite right too, as far as that goes. Which is not very far. The…
A Wealth of Possibilities
Last week, BBC1 aired a programme called Millionaire Basement Wars. It described how, over the past decade, some 2,000 new basements have been excavated beneath high-value properties in central London,…