Tuesday, 2 July 2013

If we must create money, let's use it for something useful

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It is refreshing to have a new governor of the Bank of England. It doesn't happen very often. Montagu Norman managed to hang onto the jo...
Monday, 1 July 2013

The next big chapter in world history (and we don’t talk about it)

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I've been reading William Morris in the bath.  A satisfying venue, I can tell you.  Specifically, I've been reading his Dream of Joh...
Sunday, 30 June 2013

Why Crystal Palace is the next Islington, worse luck

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Ah yes, the Crystal Palace Festival.  It has been taking place this weekend, and it helped me see the place a little more clearly, even t...
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Saturday, 29 June 2013

The secret of where those 1970s motorways came from

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My blog yesterday about the roads programme in the 1970s, and what a disaster it was - despite the Treasury's enthusiasm for it in their...
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Friday, 28 June 2013

Roadbuilding? In the 1970s, it was a disaster

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"The valley is gone and now every fool in Buxton can be in Bakewell in half an hour and every fool in  Bakewell in Buxton," said J...
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Thursday, 27 June 2013

The way forward for local, asset-based recovery

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Danny Alexander announced today the coalition’s plans for job-creating investment, in energy, road and rail infrastructure.  Some of the...
Wednesday, 26 June 2013

The great housing tyranny

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There is always a certain amount of snobbery, inverted and otherwise, about suburban semi-detached homes - especially those built between th...
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