Christian Says
Christian Says
The new battle of Jericho
(pic by permission, Andy Ffrench, Oxford Mail) Here’s a prediction for my second blog of the decade: the twenties are ...
Read More
Read More
January 2020 newsletter
I am starting the year as I mean to go on, with a new newsletter for January with the hope ...
Read More
Read More
Book review: The luxury trains
Martyn Pring, Luxury Railway Travel, a social and business history, Pen & Sword, £35 There may never have been a ...
Read More
Read More
Delights of transport scored nul points
The Labour manifesto was incredible. In the true sense of the word, meaning unbelievable. It was packed with goodies such ...
Read More
Read More
Johnson: an unsuitable candidate
I rarely find the time to do blogs but watching Boris Johnson’s performances on the media yesterday cannot go by ...
Read More
Read More
My speech on driverless cars at the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, 15/1/19
There is something extraordinary happening out there in relation to driverless cars. But it is not quite what you think ...
Read More
Read More
The most radical transport authority
The City of London has become by far the most radical local authority in Britain. It closed Bank, one of ...
Read More
Read More
The driverless car hype must be countered or lives will be lost
Here we go yet again. The Guardian today reports that Addison Lee ‘aims to deploy driverless cars on London’s streets’ ...
Read More
Read More
Why cycling needs to be taken seriously by politicians and planners
I’ve been a cyclist virtually all my life. I started cycling the two miles to school when I was 15, ...
Read More
Read More
Rail 840: A fatuous call for unity in a fragmented industry
You can imagine the scene. The rather desperate executives of the Rail Delivery Group, the ineptly named organisation that is ...
Read More
Read More
Uber decision ducks the real issues
The non-renewal of Uber’s licence is the first step in what is bound to be a long legal battle and ...
Read More
Read More
My (failed) application to be editor of the Evening Standard
Dear Mr Lebedev If you are looking for someone a bit left field, then I am your man: both because ...
Read More
Read More
Richmond blog #11 – and final
The final hustings of the campaign on Tuesday night, attended by 250 people, showed up the weakness of the two ...
Read More
Read More
Richmond Blog #10: Rents rise is Tories’ fault
Last night on the doorstep, I had a fascinating conversation with a woman who complained that when she had a ...
Read More
Read More
Richmond Blog #9: Labour’s solid base in Richmond
It was wonderful to see dozens of people come out to canvass at the weekend, enabling us to cover swathes of ...
Read More
Read More
Richmond blog #8: Labour should revive ‘Big Society’
I did the Richmond Parkrun 5k this morning in the glorious autumn sunshine and was joined by Ruth Cadbury MP ...
Read More
Read More
Richmond blog #7: Housing crisis is result of Tory policies
Suddenly, housing is going up the political agenda. Last night, the BBC news reported on homelessness and how even middle ...
Read More
Read More
Richmond Blog #6: Cycling ignored by LibDems and Conservatives
I have cycled more than 100 miles around the constituency in the past 10 days and I have got a ...
Read More
Read More
Richmond Blog #5: Opponents struggle in Heathrow hustings
The first hustings last night at Duke Street Church was a lively affair with some 200 people attending. The organisers, ...
Read More
Read More
Richmond blog #4: Hacan hustings preview
Tonight is the first hustings of the by-election, organised by HACAN, the group fighting against the expansion of Heathrow. Oddly, ...
Read More
Read More
