London – Wessex Regionalists

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 with his dire warning that the EU is little better than a Fourth Reich. For others, it’s the EUSSR, but we’ve learnt to recognise thatContinueContinue reading “Post-Truth Politics”

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 blunted by the fact that his party was once led by one half of the Blair couple, now rumoured to be worth a cool £60ContinueContinue reading “Keeping It Under Your Hat”

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 recommended that the scheme – a north-south rail link across the capital – should be funded at once, “as a priority”, so it can openContinueContinue reading “More, or Less? You Choose”

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 nations regard as our worth. And this might also hold true for the way future generations of our own nation come to regard what weContinueContinue reading “History is Sunk”

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 right way up.

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 editorial starts as follows:“In January of this year the Department for Transport (DfT) launched a small (by government standards) pilot competition for local authorities toContinueContinue reading “Gearing Up”

The Price of Wealth

Poor things. All in it together?

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 Daily Express, predictably, took it way too far, with a blustering piece by Leo McKinstry today about the great, tax-oppressed nation of England, paying forContinueContinue reading “Letting London Go”

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, most notably in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. The buildings are often listed, so there’s little scope to extend up or out. ThatContinueContinue reading “A Wealth of Possibilities”

We Are Not London

We know where London is, but is the rest of England also London? It seems that the London regime would like to make it so. Manchester has a proud history and a distinctive identity. Or used to. Yet Greater Manchester Transport has become ‘Transport for Greater Manchester’, because that’s the word-order they now use inContinueContinue reading “We Are Not London”