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kreuzberger wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 8:15 pm

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 6:28 pm As others have said, Sadiq's been told to build more houses on brownfield land and raise money for TfL. Hard to think of a better way of doing that than building on a car park used by people who don't live in London so that they can spend less on commuting.

I have crisp tenner that says that those commuters are not all merchant bankers, rather key workers who have been priced out of Central London.

My solution remains and forever will; make all public transport free at the point of use.

kreuzberger wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 8:15 pm

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 6:28 pm As others have said, Sadiq's been told to build more houses on brownfield land and raise money for TfL. Hard to think of a better way of doing that than building on a car park used by people who don't live in London so that they can spend less on commuting.

I have crisp tenner that says that those commuters are not all merchant bankers, rather key workers who have been priced out of Central London.

My solution remains and forever will; make all public transport free at the point of use.

The Red Line was a planned east–west mass transit light rail line for Baltimore, Maryland. The project had been granted federal approval to enter the preliminary engineering phase and the Maryland Transit Administration had spent roughly $300 million in planning, design and land acquisition. The project was projected to cost roughly $1.6 billion, $900 million of which was guaranteed funding by the federal government.[3] Maryland Governor Larry Hogan declared on June 25, 2015 that he would not provide state funds for the project.[4] Governor Hogan shifted $736 million of state funding to roads in suburban areas.[3]

While campaigning for Governor, Hogan characterized the project as a "boondoggle".[3] Hogan has been accused of corruption since his shift of state priorities to road funding has resulted in the construction of several major projects near properties owned by his company.[5] The Red Line cancellation was briefly investigated by the United States Department of Transportation for being in possible violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,[6] since his decision shifted a large quantity of state money from predominately Black and low-income neighborhoods into affluent and predominately white areas, but, after a change in presidential administrations, the investigation was closed with no finding.[

Government picks Tory peer Michael Grade to chair Ofcom

Michael Grade has been named as the government’s choice to oversee the media regulator, Ofcom, ending one of the more controversial and drawn-out government recruitment processes in recent British political history.

The Conservative peer – who has held senior executive positions at the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 – will have to face a pre-appointment hearing in front of MPs but is likely to be approved to take the job, finally drawing the process to a close.

The 79-year-old has made a series of public interventions on media policy since applying for the job, including calling the BBC licence fee a “regressive tax” and criticising the tone of the broadcaster’s political coverage.