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”
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Mercia on the Move?
Yesterday our President and Secretary-General travelled to Stafford to attend a meeting of the Acting Witan of Mercia. The Acting Witan arose out of a group called the Mercia Movement, who researched and published as The Mercia Manifestotheir vision of an autonomous and sustainable bioregion in the English Midlands. In 2001 this led to theContinueContinue reading “Mercia on the Move?”
Punishing The Toys
Windsor Castle is home to more than a few of the 1,200 items of ivory in the Royal Collection. The 1,200 items that Prince William would like to have destroyed as a gesture against poachers in Africa. Never mind that he’s not above (legally) shooting the odd bit of wildlife himself. The fact is thatContinueContinue reading “Punishing The Toys”
The Quintarchy
“[The accepted code of behaviour in politics] may be stated as follows: Talk about problems. Never mention a solution. Solutions make people mad as hell… Never excite a minority. Therefore all solutions should be anodyne, even if public affairs need bold and imaginative solutions. Never tell the truth. The people are too weak to acceptContinueContinue reading “The Quintarchy”
Wessex Regionalists 