This Michael Palin guy is actually pretty good (Odds and Ends #95)

Plus a new word to describe Britain's inability to build, and a devastating takedown of Mr Beast

POD! On YIMBY Pod this week, Martin and I get extremely mad about the delays to the Leeds Tram, and we speak to Andrew Greenway about his ideas for fixing the Civil Service so that it actually… works effectively. Listen here, or wherever you get your pods!

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Hello! It’s time for Odds and Ends, your semi-regular round-up of the most interesting things I’ve seen lately – plus some shorter takes.

I hope you don’t mind the strange Sunday scheduling – I needed to fit it in between my big, surprisingly left-wing take from Friday, and a new YIMBY Pod dropping tomorrow.

Anyway, this time I’m featuring:

• My review of a 37 year old TV show

• Why we shouldn’t nationalise Thames Water

• An actually good SNL UK sketch

• A new word to describe Britain’s pathological inability to build infrastructure

• A depressing reflection on the rise of antisemitism

• And a very satisfying takedown of Mr Beast