The government wishes to crank up the scale and pace of new infrastructure investment in the UK. Many agree we need better railway links, more road capacity, more schools, hospitals and houses given the rising population, faster broadband and more wat… read more
Last week the EU’s effective political leader Mrs Merkel said she was worried by the big gap between the views of the establishment who see climate change as the gravest threat facing us and the climate sceptics who do not. She asked for a proper di… read more
I have received the enclosed response from Highways England about the M4 King Street Lane – Bridge Concrete Repairs. I have stressed the importance of this route to a local traffic system under great pressure and asked them to think again about how t… read more
I had the pleasure of attending the West Forest Sinfonia concert at Reading University Great Hall yesterday. Philip Ellis the Conductor gave an excellent talk telling us about the harmonic brilliance of Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Stravinksy who all fi… read more
I voted against HS2 when the decision in principle was made by Parliament. I did so because the business case for it was very weak. The forecasts of likely passenger numbers and revenues looked far too high. The negative impact on revenues and travell… read more