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jonn elledge
Podcast: Commonwealth voices in Kingston, Jamaica
I’ve barely been in the office since we released the last Skylines, so this week it’s a guest episode. Commonwealth…
No, Grant Shapps didn’t promise to scrap the Northern Rail franchise
I was slightly dreading the return to work this morning. Weren’t we all, of course, but I was dreading it…
Podcast: So this is Christmas, with Jay Foreman
I realised earlier that this is the fourth Skylines Christmas Special, which apart from being a marker of quite how…
How age and economics explains why northern seats like Workington are turning Tory
This week, the internet is absolutely awash with takes that one might accurately summarise as, “Why the 2019 election result…
Podcast: 2019 Election Special
Well, here we go again. We’re seven days out from polling day here in the UK, and I don’t know…
A Tory housing minister just said that it’s okay for you to spend half your salary on housing
Last night, the lecture theatre at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) played host to the housing hustings, organised…
The Tories’ £4.2bn sounds like a lot of money to sort out local transport. It really, really isn’t
There is an ongoing issue in reporting public spending, which one might term the Big/Small Problem. Some numbers that sound…
Seven thoughts on TfL’s decision to suspend of Uber’s licence to operate cabs in London, again
Well. Here we go again. Two years and two months ago, Transport for London (TfL) told Uber – the minicab…
Podcast: The real Middle Earth
This podcast has been a bit parochial of late (read: London-bound) so this week we’re going abroad. Max Rashbrooke is…
Here’s a tool which shows you which stations you can reach on direct trains from every station in Great Britain
Have you ever wanted to know exactly which other stations you can reach on a direct train from Basingstoke? Go…