There are so many news stories this could be a response to.

Every day

To say the opposite is to say that it's impossible for the Tories to recover. That's patently untrue: they recovered from 1997 which was - arguably - worse, given the popularity of the Govt.

Agreed entirely! @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social is one of the few journos at a national paper that really focuses on transport and understands it in depth. Let's celebrate that!

Wow.

Is this genuine? Did it definitely actually happen?

The other problem with constant one off assessment is that it is likely to be wrong. Whereas treating projects like portfolios means you pool risk.

I love the term “continuity of capability”.

Here is my other favourite example:

www.freewheeling.info/blog/what-ar...

Exactly the right question!

My most popular blog post of last year (I write weekly) explored the thought experiment of how the Swiss would have done it.

You get very different outcomes!

www.freewheeling.info/blog/swiss-hs2

The article focuses too much on the build and contracting. The root causes are how it was planned and funded.

My most popular blog post of last year (I wrote weekly) explored this, using the thought experiment of how the Swiss would have done it:

www.freewheeling.info/blog/swiss-hs2

Unfortunately, only “after NPR”, which means 30 years of HS2 not actually being useful.

It is fascinating, but it focuses too much on the build and contracting. The root causes are how it was planned and funded.

My most popular blog post of last year (I wrote weekly) explored this, using the thought experiment of how the Swiss would have done it:

www.freewheeling.info/blog/swiss-hs2

"It's an impossible situation. One could not possibly replace Keir Starmer with a better communicator or someone who has a sense of direction the Cabinet could follow" is a fascinating piece of learned helplessness.