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It’s time to end the Sunday Trading farce
The old arguments no longer make sense (if they ever did).
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James O'Malley
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The Telegraph's dumb criticism of the government's housing record (Odds and Ends #74)
Plus trans-rights polling, Uber and...wrestling.
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How to make a road disappear
Plus are e-scooters about to be legalised at last? And we speak to Labour MP Alistair Strathern.
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James O'Malley
What new towns can learn from Ebbsfleet
Britain's only real new town of recent years is both a cautionary tale, and a lesson in how to do it right.
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July 2025

How the government successfully spun the Daily Mail (Odds and Ends #73)
Plus the council leader who lives with his mum, and the best post-Trump portrayal of the Presidency in film
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James O'Malley
Can Jeremy Corbyn save HS3?
Plus planning drama in Peckham, and we speak to former nuclear minister Lord Hunt!
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James O'Malley
Farage's questionable HS2 claim (Odds and Ends #72)
Plus two of the maddest YouTube vloggers I've ever seen, and much more!
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James O'Malley
Don't wreck the Planning Bill!
As someone I forget once said, "back the builders, not the blockers."
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A non-emergency podcast about the climate emergency
Plus is the government wrecking its own planning bill? And we speak to Tom Copley about building homes in London
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James O'Malley
A Manifesto for Starmerism 2.0
What's the big idea? I have an answer.
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What Guido gets wrong (Odds and Ends #71)
Plus the case for cutting free museum entry, and my review of Superman.
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House builders are not a bunch of bankers
Plus how to build Heathrow's third runway BEFORE the next election – and how focusing on time can speed up infrastructure planning.
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James O'Malley
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