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Terrible idea if true - inflation link it instead. We should be expanding it by allowing you to use it on unlimited buses per hour. Labour seem to think municipalisation will solve all the problems. But you need a strategy too.

Critical in universities too where a huge and under-estimated part in doing well in NSS etc is good admin staff who are well paid, and retained.

Plan to increase national productivity: Close down think tanks and get rid of the bizarre nonsense that they write.

Architecture was understood by Le Corbusier to be the play of light upon space. Its not an added extra in an engineering project such as this but an integral part of it. More think thank nonsense.

Nonsense of the week.

Great story of micro-strategy - one for Andrew Popp and corker bbc.com/news/articles/…

"no one is interested in county cricket" another of those assertions that the powers that be wish were true, but where stats suggest otherwise...

Pretty shocking case of the great and the good cutting out a young member of their profession to make themselves look good.

The current intense competitive rivalry in cricket currently provides an interesting window into what a truly competitive industry in other sports more subject to the IOC lead monopoly framework of governing bodies and national leagues would look like. telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2024/1…

Now is the time to get rid of Lord Peter Hendy - what a weak, politician's answer.

Can you believe that in its various incarnations, Transport Tycoon is 30 years old? An amazing business and strategy game based on a semi-realistic transport world, its become OpenTTD which is still constantly improved and never gets old. youtube.com/watch?v=swBlZb…

Looks like a concession that the 'commercial logic' of running university cafes unsubsidised doesn't actually generate profits.

My account at the new other place bsky.app/profile/kevind…

David is an excellent and encouraging academic - this is a great opportunity for all you rail folks.

Haigh should simply not have to resign - the conviction was minor, and is spent. Further she has been a reasonably ok transport secretary, and now will probably be replaced by someone with no interest in the brief. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

New soccer mad post on our Helmut Käser piece which involves the use of microhistorical techniques to look at a business trip by the former #FIFA Secterary General. soccermadboffins.blogspot.com/2024/11/latest…

Excited to unveil this #CfP for businesshistory Business History and Imperialism. All submissions related to business and empire welcome - including those with an interest in historical project studies. #bizhis #mgthis #mbh #orghis think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…