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Jamie Driscoll Labour's First North of Tyne Mayor
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Jamie is now heading up and developing the North of Tyne Combined Authority, the regional body that allocates spending and will deliver on manifesto promises.
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From Peppa Pig to Lederhosen – it’s been an interesting week
From Peppa Pig to Lederhosen, it’s been an interesting week. Monday started with getting the Metro over to Tyne Dock for the CBI conference. And the collective disbelief when the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland started doing car impressions from the platform. He then quoted Lenin, compared himself […]
Why the Government’s rail plans are failing the North East
One year ago, my column focused on the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP). It’s the Government’s national rail investment plan for the next thirty years. In a mockery of tragic irony, the IRP was delayed. And delayed. And delayed. While we’ve seen £billions on HS2, £billions on road junctions, and cuts to air passenger duty. When […]
The Boiling Frog of Climate Change
If you put a frog into boiling water, it’ll jump straight out. Whereas if you put it into tepid water and heat it up, the frog will not notice, and passively be boiled to death. Firstly, don’t try this at home. Secondly, it’s not true. It comes from an 1869 experiment by Friedrich Goltz. He […]
About time we cleaned up politics
In George Orwell’s “1984” Winston Smith is tortured until he agrees that two plus two equals five. The point is to make him see that there is no objective truth other than what Big Brother says is true. To give up on truth altogether. Good citizens were exhorted to train their minds to only think […]
Rishi’s Budget porkies
Let’s start this week with a quiz. Multiple choice – which of these is true? The UK is “well on the way to recovery.” The UK has “the fastest growth in the G7.” We are in a “new age of optimism.” “We can’t afford to borrow any more.” Eon Productions have invited me to play […]
