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The product of the railways is the timetable
A railway moves people around, not trains
Sep 26, 2025
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The Common Law Theory of Everything is nonsense
The planning system, not the common law, is what stops Britain from building
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The lexical fallacy
The ethics of the HS2 bat tunnel
Jan 28
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The government needs an infrastructure plan
Building homes without new roads and railways is a recipe for disaster
Published on Baldwin
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Dec 19, 2025
We’re getting worried about Great British Railways
Nationalisation can work, but the Government isn’t doing it right
Published on Catching Mice
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Dec 4, 2025
Links for November
PhDs, Princess Diana, and Progress.
Dec 3, 2025
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Don’t crush the NIMBYs
We are not Margaret Thatcher. And the NIMBYs are not the unions.
Nov 20, 2025
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Should we subsidise railways?
The Swiss, once again, have the answer
Nov 12, 2025
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