Andrew Walker
@andrewwalker01.bsky.social
Journalist now retired. Ex-BBC WS Economics Correspondent. Velophile, Fennophile.
It's a particular issue on World Service because of the legal problems it could cause for American rebroadcasters. It's a few years since I retired but we did periodically get these slightly comical emails from management listing words that had to be censored. How ironic that it should be him.
January 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
It's a particular issue on World Service because of the legal problems it could cause for American rebroadcasters. It's a few years since I retired but we did periodically get these slightly comical emails from management listing words that had to be censored. How ironic that it should be him.
As a Palace supporter I take some small comfort from this
January 14, 2026 at 2:19 PM
As a Palace supporter I take some small comfort from this
Ah OK. I did wonder if this was some political angle on the great replacement theory, with Wooton accusing even Farage of being complicit
January 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Ah OK. I did wonder if this was some political angle on the great replacement theory, with Wooton accusing even Farage of being complicit
I realise this stuff is deranged, but what does he mean by 'deliberate'? Who does he think is doing this, what does he think they are doing and for what objective?
January 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I realise this stuff is deranged, but what does he mean by 'deliberate'? Who does he think is doing this, what does he think they are doing and for what objective?
I hope he can celebrate with a bit of irrational exuberance
January 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I hope he can celebrate with a bit of irrational exuberance
Though given the time lag between the page removal and the investigation it is perhaps pushing it to suggest they are linked.
Here's the GSA url
www.gsa.gov/governmentwi...
Here's the GSA url
www.gsa.gov/governmentwi...
www.gsa.gov
January 12, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Though given the time lag between the page removal and the investigation it is perhaps pushing it to suggest they are linked.
Here's the GSA url
www.gsa.gov/governmentwi...
Here's the GSA url
www.gsa.gov/governmentwi...
Sometime between then and 14 August, the information was removed. I wonder why. A general distaste for things green perhaps? It would have been unhelpful to the prosecution case to have a Federal agency setting out the benefits of a feature of the renovations under investigation.
January 12, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Sometime between then and 14 August, the information was removed. I wonder why. A general distaste for things green perhaps? It would have been unhelpful to the prosecution case to have a Federal agency setting out the benefits of a feature of the renovations under investigation.
Go back to 26 July and you find a page that sets out the benefits of green roofs including favourable cost/benefit analyses
January 12, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Go back to 26 July and you find a page that sets out the benefits of green roofs including favourable cost/benefit analyses
One relatively minor sidebar to this story. If you look at the Fed’s FAQs about the renovations, the section on vegetated or green roofs says these are encouraged by the US General Services Administration and there is a link to the GSA website. This is what you get if you follow it now:
January 12, 2026 at 10:39 AM
One relatively minor sidebar to this story. If you look at the Fed’s FAQs about the renovations, the section on vegetated or green roofs says these are encouraged by the US General Services Administration and there is a link to the GSA website. This is what you get if you follow it now:
Blue Man Utd. I'd enjoy that
January 10, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Blue Man Utd. I'd enjoy that
But with more expensive players
January 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
But with more expensive players
I recently very nearly **bought** one I already own. The German word for that is Idiot.
January 10, 2026 at 12:45 PM
I recently very nearly **bought** one I already own. The German word for that is Idiot.
Who would have guessed?!
January 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Who would have guessed?!
Surely not. Farage says London is in the grip of a crimewave.
January 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Surely not. Farage says London is in the grip of a crimewave.
There are a few like this in London. If you use them when cars are parked there it's impossible to follow the Highway Code guidance to leave a door's width or 1 metre
January 7, 2026 at 8:36 AM
There are a few like this in London. If you use them when cars are parked there it's impossible to follow the Highway Code guidance to leave a door's width or 1 metre
Does roasting the garlic make it very different from aioli?
December 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Does roasting the garlic make it very different from aioli?
We once had one where my wife received an email with photographic 'proof of delivery' - a picture of a cage on wheels full of parcels, presumably at a depot. Can't remember which courier
December 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
We once had one where my wife received an email with photographic 'proof of delivery' - a picture of a cage on wheels full of parcels, presumably at a depot. Can't remember which courier
and Ismaïla Sarr
December 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
and Ismaïla Sarr
It's a very powerful letter.
December 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
It's a very powerful letter.
Great article.
December 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Great article.
Currently at the top of the most read list on the NS website! Congratulations. It's not yet read by me, but it will be very soon.
December 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Currently at the top of the most read list on the NS website! Congratulations. It's not yet read by me, but it will be very soon.
Agree. There is also the (hard to quantify) economic damage that could result from the political dramas and distractions that a re-join effort would involve.
December 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Agree. There is also the (hard to quantify) economic damage that could result from the political dramas and distractions that a re-join effort would involve.
I hope so! One who has changed his mind is Ryan Bourne, a British economist at the Cato Institute in Washington. He wrote about it in the Times recently. I doubt that he has much influence here, but welcome all the same.
December 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I hope so! One who has changed his mind is Ryan Bourne, a British economist at the Cato Institute in Washington. He wrote about it in the Times recently. I doubt that he has much influence here, but welcome all the same.
Has anyone changed their mind at the Telegraph? This is a piece by one columnist, Jeremy Warner, who if I remember right, always thought Brexit was a bad idea. I'm not convinced this represents any change at all (sadly).
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Has anyone changed their mind at the Telegraph? This is a piece by one columnist, Jeremy Warner, who if I remember right, always thought Brexit was a bad idea. I'm not convinced this represents any change at all (sadly).