NIMBYs vs Bristol Zoo
Plus fixing a broken Civil Service, and building an electricity cable from Britain to Texas
On YIMBY Pod this week:
Martin digs into the NIMBY drama at Bristol Zoo… and then enters the lion’s den himself, and attends a meeting of his Parish Council.
James goes full neoliberal shill talking about Darren Jones’ proposals for fixing the Civil Service.
And we speak to policy guru Tim Leunig, Chief Economist at NESTA, to learn how he thinks about policymaking, and why we should build a massive electricity cable from Texas to the UK.
Martin’s latest video, on the Badger Road, is here.
Darren Jones’s speech is here.
An explanation of the Postcode Address File issue is here.
James’s newsletter is here.
Martin’s newsletter is here.
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Good morning! Love the pod. Please can I be the first to say: it's Norman from Psycho. Not Patrick from Psycho. Patrick was from American Psycho. Admittedly, Norman Bates was also definitely American, but Norman was still the OG Psycho.
Your guest is good at blue skies thinking. Electrical engineering…not so much. Ask about transmission losses next time someone pitches a ridiculously long sub sea power line.