Is it inflation? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This looks like bullshit stenography to me. Glen Owen also ‘reported’ Farage’s lies about French police & a monoglot mechanic ‘telling him’ his car had been ‘tampered with’ in an ‘assassination attempt’ when he was trying to distract attention from something else. Also, Putin *wants* him to be PM!

Perhaps the dumbest headline I have ever seen. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The DfT could and should be looking at some of the trade-offs around robotaxis. But its latest announcement is a mix of hype & unfounded claims, ignoring economic displacement when the numbers look good while lauding safety benefits that depend on displacement. transportinsights.blog/2026/05/22/l...

Probably should have worked out how long the word was before starting the placard

Is the UK car industry Southampton FC in disguise when it comes to the ZEV mandate? They knew the rules, the haven't complied and now it's all a bit harsh. transportinsights.blog/2026/05/21/b...

Burnham cunningly positioning himself as the continuity Starmer candidate. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

TfL says it is progressing feasibility work to understand investment options for Vauxhall bridge, with a warning that its future depends on securing funding, and "we are working to secure the investment needed to improve its condition and remove restrictions". transportinsights.blog/2026/05/20/i...

He said he had had no involvement in the deal or the company's military work and, despite a title of "chairman", had not chaired its board or been a director, but was "one of several co-founders". A true charlatan www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"People don’t need to be fans of Leeds United Football Club to know that it is a sleeping giant of European football. The city of Leeds is also a sleeping giant. It is the largest city in Western Europe without a mass transit system." transportinsights.blog/2026/05/18/a...

Kim Johnson told Jones she thought the government was “still continuing to cover up Mandelson’s dodgy dealings by redacting and withholding certain information” In response, Jones said the claim of a cover-up was “merely conspiracy theory” Pure Alastair Campbell www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Regarding schedule, the delivery of HS2’s opening stage is now expected between May 2036 and October 2039. This will see the first trains running between Old Oak Common in west London and Birmingham Curzon Street. That's 10 years late for an incomplete railway ffs www.gov.uk/government/s...

What kind of a prick (Andrew Neil) writes: "a state school so good he sent his kids to it"?

Reading this piece you just despair of Starmer. At every opportunity, faced with the choice of doing something vaguely progressive or doing nothing, he choose to do nothing 🤦‍♂️ www.newstatesman.com/investigatio...

"People don’t need to be fans of Leeds United Football Club to know that it is a sleeping giant of European football. The city of Leeds is also a sleeping giant. It is the largest city in Western Europe without a mass transit system." transportinsights.blog/2026/05/18/a...

Labour is set to privatise new roads, starting with the Lower Thames Crossing. Drivers face new tolls, even as the government brings rail back into public ownership due to privatisation's failures. transportactionnetwork.org.uk/labour-to-pr...

She is truly in the gutter www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The bbc and guardian both asking the same question, which actually contains its own answer.

The state broadcaster would like to make clear who is responsible for this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It doesn't look as if Newcastle City Council is willing to grasp the nettle of a road where annual average levels of toxic NO2 are 1.6 times higher than legally binding maximum levels & 6.45 times higher than WHO advisory levels. transportinsights.blog/2026/05/15/r...

NUJ responds to Farage doxxing a photo journalist who was doing their job. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

Yeah, critics gonna criticise www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

For insights into what was or wasn't in the King's Speech on transport, read my Transport Insights blog for free and sign up for free... transportinsights.blog/2026/05/14/l...

On BBC news Hugh Pym describes £120m extra spent on “frontline care” as having been “invested”. The ability of spin doctors to get serious journalists to adopt what is basically Newspeak is astonishing.

Does anything sum up the government's political incoherence better than making a virtue of nationalising (parts of) the rail network, while privatising major assets on the road network? transportinsights.blog/2026/05/14/l...

Honestly something is happening. Honestly... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oh dear, the poor little Blairite is yesterday’s news😂😂😂😂

“It’s not about deregulation,” the prime minister’s spokesperson said. “It’s about giving greater weight to economic growth when making decisions, without weakening safety, environmental or consumer protections.” FFS, the mindlessness of this is breathtaking. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The state broadcaster in action. Pure government propaganda. Not a word of dissent. Not a word about the climate emergency. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My Transport Insights blog is free to read and free to sign up to and, unlike other outlets, doesn't just republish press releases without any context.

In this game of two dimensional chess, Freedman is way too clever to realise how easily people will see thru this. Just look at the comments 🙃

Imagine anyone in Labour thinking that what the government needs is more influence from unreconstructed Blairite snakes in the grass www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Can anyone remember who was London's deputy mayor for transport in 2018 when Transport for London cut back its renewals programme for surface transport structures, amid warnings that it would come back to haunt them? transportinsights.blog/2026/05/13/a...

Apologising for “any disruption caused” is a refusal to admit that disruption has actually been caused – presumably on lawyers’ advice – and is meaningless. transportinsights.blog/2026/05/12/a...

Down with this sort of thing www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Apologising for “any disruption caused” is a refusal to admit that disruption has actually been caused – presumably on lawyers’ advice – and is meaningless. transportinsights.blog/2026/05/12/a...

Fake regulator set up by newspapers sides with newspaper - shock pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...

The absolute state of political journalism in this country. Hacks try to create drama by camping outside people's houses, shouting questions, showing other hacks waiting to ask questions. Now the "chaos" that the BBC is reporting is created by the hacks themselves.

Good luck with that

With Keir Starmer promising significant - and faster - transformation but once again offering only incremental change, it's fitting that the government's changes on rail are going so slowly that you can barely tell that the train is moving. transportinsights.blog/2026/05/11/a...

To be fair, plus ca change is Starmer’s motto

Anyway, once again the PMs definition of change seems to be doing nothing differently.

“Downing Street sources don’t think she will reach that threshold.” No, Iain Watson, “sources” don’t think anything. People spinning you a line may claim to tell you what they think, but they aren’t a source. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

I think we now have the answer

Louise Haigh moved fast to bring in bus and rail reforms, and was taking a hard look at the economic effectiveness of spending on bigger roads and whether that fitted with the government's wider policy priorities (hint: they mostly don't).

Yet it doesn't look like Sir Keir Starmer, already deeply unpopular, has learnt anything by what is shaping up to be a severe rebuke to his leadership and government.

National Highways' regulator told it to be straight with people about whether it could afford to deliver a promised 250 interventions to tackle road runoff, given an apparent rise in cost per intervention. Is it being transparent about this? Of course not. transportinsights.blog/2026/05/07/r...

The Metropolitan Police said that an investigation was opened, but "then we couldn't be arsed". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

National Highways' regulator told it to be straight with people about whether it could afford to deliver a promised 250 interventions to tackle road runoff, given an apparent rise in cost per intervention. Is it being transparent about this? Of course not. transportinsights.blog/2026/05/07/r...

Given that changes of policy or govt recently led to the curtailment or cancellation of major rail and road schemes, at a cost to the taxpayer of billions of pounds, should we worry that a change in chancellor or even PM might see the govt go cold on the LTC, at a cost of...well, you get the idea.