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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POD! On The Abundance Agenda this week, Martin exposes the myth of ‘land banking’ and reveals what is really screwing up the housing market. Then I talk about Boris Island (which I still secretly think is a good idea), and explore a new paper that sets out a plan that could see the Third Runway finished before the next election.

Plus our special guest this week is the brilliant Michael Dnes, who tells us about his plan for speeding up infrastructure planning, and the mad story of how a nuclear plant was built in the middle of Snowdonia national park… and how the planning inquiry took just three days. Listen on Apple, Spotify or Substack.

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Hello! It’s time for Odds and Ends, your regular round-up of the most interesting links I’ve seen this week – plus some shorter takes. This weeks we’ve got:

• The annoyingly persuasive case for reintroducing paid entry to London’s museums

• Debunking a story that Guido Fawkes badly mangled

• Why we can’t trust overly-precise statistics

• How Reform is getting on running Kent County Council (spoiler: not great!)

• A high profile politician endorses energy abundance!

• My reviews of Superman and Jurassic World: Rebirth.

• And a rap remix of a classic British TV theme tune (I’m so, so sorry).

So let’s get started!