The well-funded, young, neoliberal influencers currently popping up all over social media are a weird bunch, espousing equally weird causes. But few are as weird as those claiming to be defenders of our public realm against threats like fly-tipping or graffiti. Tackling such things, of course, necessitates well-funded public regulators and public cleansing operations, two things neoliberals are usually anxious […]
Batting for Tufton Street
It’s funny, I searched in vain through Labour’s 2024 manifesto Change for any firm commitment to exterminate the country’s bat population, or at least any of the scarce, tiny, flying mammals that had the temerity to hinder Sir Keir Starmer’s passion to build “infrastructure” – but at least we knew what he regards as infrastructure. In his 2023 conference speech […]