Christian Wolmar

I would like to take Boris Johnson seriously. I would like to think that behind the buffoonery and the TV shots of him falling into swamps there was a coherent set of thoughts that would gradually improve the transport situation for Londoners. But after more than a year of the Boris show, it is really impossible to discern anything like a coherent narrative. Instead there are a bunch of disparate policies ...

There is much to commend the energy policy issued by the government today with its emphasis on renewable energy and quite ambitious targets. But Ed Milliband has queered his patch with his support for aviation.  He has repeated the New Labour mantra that poorer passengers should not be priced out of being able to take planes. But this flies in the face of both rationality and the government's attitude to other ...

Long time no blog as I have been moving house and it takes a month to sort out the broadband, once one has negotiated with BT and Orange. What a nightmare especially as I also missed the rail story of the year when I spent a week cycling in France at the beginning of this month. I only have time to offer a few preliminary thoughts, and hopefully stimulate discussion. No ...