@mattdoff22.bsky.social
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£140 billion is enough to buy seven Elizabeth lines
It's more than the entirety of capital spending on transport in the North since the turn of the millennium
It's more than the entirety of capital spending on transport in the North since the turn of the millennium
June 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
£140 billion is enough to buy seven Elizabeth lines
It's more than the entirety of capital spending on transport in the North since the turn of the millennium
It's more than the entirety of capital spending on transport in the North since the turn of the millennium
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Today we lay bare a decade of broken promises as we reveal how the disparity in transport spending between the North & London has ballooned
If the North had seen the same transport investment as London under the previous government, it would have received £140bn more
If the North had seen the same transport investment as London under the previous government, it would have received £140bn more
June 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Today we lay bare a decade of broken promises as we reveal how the disparity in transport spending between the North & London has ballooned
If the North had seen the same transport investment as London under the previous government, it would have received £140bn more
If the North had seen the same transport investment as London under the previous government, it would have received £140bn more
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Leeds £2.5bn tram scheme delayed to late 2030s after government review
Leeds £2.5bn tram scheme delayed to late 2030s after government review
Business case must be submitted for mass transit system with lines connecting Leeds and Bradford before work continues
The opening of the long-awaited Leeds tram system has been pushed back by at least two to three years, after a government review of the £2.5bn project.
The West Yorkshire combined authority (WYCA) said its mass transit scheme, including new tram lines connecting Leeds and Bradford, would now be completed in the late 2030s. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Leeds £2.5bn tram scheme delayed to late 2030s after government review
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2001 Leeds supertram approved
2005 Leeds supertram cancelled
2012 Leeds trolleybus approved
2016 Leeds trolleybus cancelled
2024 Plans for 2 tram routes by early 2030s
2025 Plans delayed until late 2030s
Meanwhile, we all struggle with a congested, polluted city.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
2005 Leeds supertram cancelled
2012 Leeds trolleybus approved
2016 Leeds trolleybus cancelled
2024 Plans for 2 tram routes by early 2030s
2025 Plans delayed until late 2030s
Meanwhile, we all struggle with a congested, polluted city.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leeds-Bradford £2.5bn tram plan delayed after government review
West Yorkshire's mayor says she is confident the trams will be running
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
2001 Leeds supertram approved
2005 Leeds supertram cancelled
2012 Leeds trolleybus approved
2016 Leeds trolleybus cancelled
2024 Plans for 2 tram routes by early 2030s
2025 Plans delayed until late 2030s
Meanwhile, we all struggle with a congested, polluted city.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
2005 Leeds supertram cancelled
2012 Leeds trolleybus approved
2016 Leeds trolleybus cancelled
2024 Plans for 2 tram routes by early 2030s
2025 Plans delayed until late 2030s
Meanwhile, we all struggle with a congested, polluted city.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
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This is more believable than a lot of insider westminster coverage
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is more believable than a lot of insider westminster coverage
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No one thought the successor to modernism and post modernism would be solipsism but here we are.
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
No one thought the successor to modernism and post modernism would be solipsism but here we are.
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Incredibly, people still take this bloke seriously when he tells them he'll be terraforming Mars by easter. He's an inveterate liar, a child.
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Incredibly, people still take this bloke seriously when he tells them he'll be terraforming Mars by easter. He's an inveterate liar, a child.
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Well done everyone who has pressed the Tories constantly on this - proof that if people just point out that an unpopular and insane policy is unpopular and insane repeatedly and consistently then you can get it changed. A relief to many in sure - now same pressure needed with Reform
Tories confirm Chris Philp's bill proposing mass deportation of people with indefinite leave to remain no longer party policy - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
October 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Well done everyone who has pressed the Tories constantly on this - proof that if people just point out that an unpopular and insane policy is unpopular and insane repeatedly and consistently then you can get it changed. A relief to many in sure - now same pressure needed with Reform
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Lewis Goodall pressing Chris Philp on the difference between what Sarah Pochin said and what Robert Jenrick said about 'white faces'.
October 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Lewis Goodall pressing Chris Philp on the difference between what Sarah Pochin said and what Robert Jenrick said about 'white faces'.
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It shows the value of “get a better communicator” in that Katie Lam is a better communicator than Kemi Badenoch. But it is also a problem if what you are communicating is bonkers.
Hadn’t, in truth, really absorbed the scale of what the Conservatives are proposing on ILR and immigration more broadly until this week’s Sunday Times interviews. Some thoughts on that in today’s note:
Tory deportation plan would upend Britain
Proposing such a radical bill with little public support is a gift to Nigel Farage
www.ft.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
It shows the value of “get a better communicator” in that Katie Lam is a better communicator than Kemi Badenoch. But it is also a problem if what you are communicating is bonkers.
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"The result would be removals on an epic scale. The comparison with Idi Amin's expulsion of Ugandan Asians is not one many Tory MPs welcome. Some appear unaware their own policy was that monstrous, until Lam spelled it out in a newspaper interview"
- Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Conservative immigration policy: the threat of mass expulsions is abhorrent | Editorial
Editorial: Tory plans to revoke indefinite leave to remain in pursuit of greater ‘cultural coherence’ resemble the most extreme ambitions of far-right fringe parties
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"The result would be removals on an epic scale. The comparison with Idi Amin's expulsion of Ugandan Asians is not one many Tory MPs welcome. Some appear unaware their own policy was that monstrous, until Lam spelled it out in a newspaper interview"
- Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Stephen Bush on the extraordinary draft legislation which Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, Matt Vickers, Katie Lam and backbench colleagues have proposed in parliament
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
October 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Stephen Bush on the extraordinary draft legislation which Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, Matt Vickers, Katie Lam and backbench colleagues have proposed in parliament
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
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This is the BNP 2005 manifesto: it is a much more moderate proposal than that of Chris Philp and Katie Lam for the 2025 Conservatives since BNP accepted that people settled here legally have legal status (which the 2025 Conservatives do not recognise) and so proposes voluntary incentives to leave.
October 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This is the BNP 2005 manifesto: it is a much more moderate proposal than that of Chris Philp and Katie Lam for the 2025 Conservatives since BNP accepted that people settled here legally have legal status (which the 2025 Conservatives do not recognise) and so proposes voluntary incentives to leave.
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YouGov suggest support for deporting legal migrants at approx
8-11% of public for deport people who came to work legally
(Much higher deportation support figures when people are thinking about those without legal status)
1/6 pro deporting refugees with legal status [an extreme view]
8-11% of public for deport people who came to work legally
(Much higher deportation support figures when people are thinking about those without legal status)
1/6 pro deporting refugees with legal status [an extreme view]
October 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
YouGov suggest support for deporting legal migrants at approx
8-11% of public for deport people who came to work legally
(Much higher deportation support figures when people are thinking about those without legal status)
1/6 pro deporting refugees with legal status [an extreme view]
8-11% of public for deport people who came to work legally
(Much higher deportation support figures when people are thinking about those without legal status)
1/6 pro deporting refugees with legal status [an extreme view]
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Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here
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Nothing says "I want independent judges" like threatening to sack any judge who disagrees with you, while holding up a judge's wig like a puppet
October 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Nothing says "I want independent judges" like threatening to sack any judge who disagrees with you, while holding up a judge's wig like a puppet
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The greatest symbol of this disastrous conference....
October 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The greatest symbol of this disastrous conference....
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“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
October 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
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Robert Jenrick and his wiggy puppet
October 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Robert Jenrick and his wiggy puppet
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It does just feel like there's something Jenrick is trying to say.
thecritic.co.uk/rob-...
thecritic.co.uk/rob-...
October 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It does just feel like there's something Jenrick is trying to say.
thecritic.co.uk/rob-...
thecritic.co.uk/rob-...
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Jenrick now proposing sacking judges he doesn't like. I can just about remember when Conservatives cared about things like the rule of law.
The Daily Telegraph: MI5 kept in dark in China spy trial fiasco #TomorrowsPapersToday
October 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Jenrick now proposing sacking judges he doesn't like. I can just about remember when Conservatives cared about things like the rule of law.
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“We are not a ‘papers please’ nation; however we are a ‘get in the back of the van Jonny foreigner’ nation”
October 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
“We are not a ‘papers please’ nation; however we are a ‘get in the back of the van Jonny foreigner’ nation”
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The best thing Conservatives could do - whatever they think of Margaret Thatcher - is to face up to the challenges of their own times, rather than trying to cosplay a leader who was formed in the 1930s and 40s, who took power half a century ago & who governed for the challenges of her day, not ours.
October 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The best thing Conservatives could do - whatever they think of Margaret Thatcher - is to face up to the challenges of their own times, rather than trying to cosplay a leader who was formed in the 1930s and 40s, who took power half a century ago & who governed for the challenges of her day, not ours.