*Waves from the city of the proposed Midlands Rail Hub*
If the new coalition administration can get Birmingham’s streets clean, then that will go a long way to earning public confidence. I’m thoroughly ashamed of the state of my city currently.
This is not the first extra sweetener the government has given the project. The money it is spending on this short stretch of road could instead be used to transform the entire national transport system for the better, as the figures here show: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Lower Thames Crossing proves the point. It’s a white elephant plan, sucking money from local projects that could actually improve lives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Stop the Far Right by getting the basics of civic services working as they should. This is what people notice.
You’re not alone Sathnam. If civilisation as we know it still exists in a century, I’d love to read a historian’s critique of this era.
Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.
It is quite strange to listen to political coverage currently, even from mainstream sources, and remember that net migration has quartered since its peak, and is likely to fall to Cameron's tens of thousands target next year and this has made no difference to the discourse.
