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Tram Fan Nico
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A place for me to air and share my enthusiasm for all things tramway.
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Trumping Kennedy
Someone has pointed out that Donald Trump got his name on the Kennedy Centre so quickly that he must have ordered the lettering even before the board he appointed voted to let him put his name ahead o...
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December 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Not personal, purely business
As they say in The Godfather it is never personal, always business.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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In praise of folly
Erasmus was apparently staying with Sir Thomas More in London when he wrote “In praise of folly”.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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No pleasure
I take no pleasure from the fact that it was only a few days ago that I wrote about the total absence of dignity in the Oval Office, and now Trump has demeaned his office even further.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Why so sensitive?
I once had to do a story on the National Front getting their first and so far only seat at the European parliament, which involved having to listen to a lot of racists declaring that they were not rea...
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December 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Dignity, dignity at all times
I am pretty sure that if you were to ask Trump if he has added much to the dignity of the great office he has the honour to hold, he would say something like “I am the most dignified President ever, t...
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December 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Tough job interviews of our time
Trump is apparently interviewing candidates to be the next head of the Federal Reserve.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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What times!
So, Trump is doubling down on his attacks on Europe and European democracy.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Volvo and dentistry
I once visited Volvo in Sweden and was really impressed by their strategy of constant improvement, of even the smallest things.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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The West is dead
Late last night the Trump administration nailed its colours to the mast and let the whole world know that it is no longer a super power, but is instead a racist, bigoted, rump, led by Russian supporti...
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December 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Listen to the science
When someone as brilliant and important as Prof Sir Paul Nurse, says the government is “shooting itself in the foot” with its visa system for science researchers, the government should not just pay at...
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December 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Something to do
Now that the BBC is passing judgement on the veracity of particular politicians, maybe someone has the time to study the claim by Kemi Badenoch to have been offered a place to study medicine at Stanfo...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Consistency matters
The trouble with the BBC pronouncing on whether after very careful consideration it has decided whether Rachel Reeves did lie, or merely omit some facts or is in the clear; is the consistency of the s...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Beyond the pale
It seems like Trump and Hegseth his secretary of state for defence are rowing back on their murders of Venezuelan fisherman.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Budgets over time
Sorry for the lack of a blog yesterday, I was busy working in Manchester at an awards ceremony for public sector accountants, a charming bunch of very serious and worthy public servants.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Tell us who you are
Kemi Badenoch’s attack on the budget as a “budget for Benefits Street” has been picked up by several of the right wing rags that pass for newspapers these days.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Not the budget
I feel almost obliged to say something about today’s Budget in the UK.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Not necessary
The G19 has wound up in South Africa, with America not be allowed to send a junior diplomat to pick up the baton for the next G20 in America.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Little Britain
There is going to be an awful lot of talk about the Budget this week, so let me start with foreign affairs, just for a change.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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This isn't Munich
The “peace deal” that America is now attempting to force on Ukraine, is not like Neville Chamberlain’s betrayal of Czechoslovakia at Munich; it is far, far worse.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Word of the day: “Baltic”

English slang for very very cold, best said with a strong London east end accent.
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Into the sunset
The Covid enquiry is being welcomely ruthless and clear in its apportioning of blame.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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"The electoral system is at breaking point."

- argued @alexsobel.co.uk, Chair of @appgfairelections.bsky.social, on
@iaindale.bsky.social show.

In our multi-party era, increasingly unrepresentative election results risk undermining trust in our very democracy.

We need PR more than ever.
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Back to Brexit
One of the most frustrating thing these days is that the current government admits that Brexit has been economically damaging, but has not plan to do anything about it.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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How not to prepare a Budget
I was once in HM Treasury a couple of months before a budget interviewing the Chancellor about something none budget related, when he nipped next door to check a fact.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM