Odds and Ends #56: The awkward truth about Brexit

Plus a giant leap for devolution, the nuclear industry being cowards, and some crazy humanoid robots

Photo by Lukáš Lehotský on Unsplash

Hello! It’s time for Odds and Ends, your regular round-up of the most interesting links I’ve seen this week, along with some shorter takes!

(Phew, my big education take was controversial this week. Go check it out if you missed it!)

But as for today’s round-up, this week I’m featuring:

• A small technical change that has transformed local government

• The elephant in the Brexit room

• Why it turns out the nuclear industry are cowards

• What’s killing London’s pubs

• Some madly impressive robots with scary implications

So read on, and let’s get started!

NEW EVENT! How the YIMBY’s won!

On the 25th March, I’m going to be speaking to housing activist Anya Martin about how her crew – the YIMBYs – have managed to capture the political limelight, and completely transform the Westminster conversation about housing. Come along and find out how they did it – paid subscribers get a discount!