Odds and Ends #42: An Elizabeth Line extension, some mad planning law nonsense, and the world's most pointless letter

Your regular round-up of interesting links

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Hello! I’m going to try and get back into the habit of sending around the most interesting stuff I’ve seen lately as part of a mini Odds and Ends newsletter-within-a-newsletter. So without further ado, here’s some fun stuff, including:

• An early salvo in the war for the soul of the Democratic Party

• One government body making another government body’s life more difficult, thanks to the planning laws

• A £100m bat tunnel, and why it exists

• A story that did nothing to remove the chip on my shoulder about private schools

• The single most pointless open letter sent in all of recorded history (not hyperbole).

So let’s dig in!