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Labour’s halfway-there planning reforms

New Statesman 21 Mar 2025
There’s a particularly irritating argument you frequently spot in stories about people – I shan’t call them Nimbys; apparently that’s a slur now – opposing building projects near them ... it somehow does the opposite ... There’s more ... It’s a lot ... [See more.
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How often do you think about the Dark Ages?

New Statesman 13 Mar 2025
Last week, when someone told me they were working on a project about the early medieval origins of the English language, my eyes lit up. “I love the Dark Ages!” I said. “Ah well, that’s normal,” he replied ... If this isn’t just me, do let me know.
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The case for devolving the railways

New Statesman 06 Mar 2025
There is a speculative tube map of Cambridge that does the rounds every time there’s an election in the offing ... All of which misses the basic point that someone just made this whole thing up ... This is no sensible way to run a country, of course.
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