Lies, Power, Dogma and Local Government
The Thunderer discusses the nasty burghers of Richmond today – the car hating councillors who have taken it upon themselves to modify their constituents’ behaviour […]
Transport
The Blindingly Obvious
An environmental group has decided that public transport is poorly linked: Public transport has too many weak links making it difficult to switch from one […]
The Politics of Hate
Ken Livingstone writes in the egregious Comment is Free about his latest scheme to rip off people he doesn’t like: Tomorrow, Friday August 10, we […]
Driving Age (Again)
Ministers are pressing ahead with the idea of raising the driving age in the UK from the current 17 to 18 in an attempt to […]
Greener by Car
According to a report published by RSSB, rail is not necessarily the “green” option for long distance travel in the UK. It can be greener […]
Old Codgers and Driving (or not…)
Via Tim, this rather disturbing story: An upper age limit for drivers could be imposed under plans being considered by the Government. Ruth Kelly, the […]
Raising the Driving Age (Again)
MPs have decided that the driving age needs to be increased from the current 17 years to 18 years: The minimum driving age must be […]
Incompetent Wastrels
Next time you hear that a local council has hiked the council tax to pay for “essential services” or that they are cutting back those […]
“Safety” Cameras?
In an interesting article in today’s Telegraph Paul Smith from SafeSpeed discusses speed cameras (euphemistically referred to as “safety” cameras) and why they don’t seem to […]
Driving Test Scam
The old driving test fraud is a regular news item. I suppose, therefore, that another such story hitting the BBC News comes as no great surprise. Tens […]