And this morning, a miracle. The train is at the platform at Euston and open for boarding, a full 15 minutes before it is due to leave. It's a train I catch regularly and cannot remember this ever happening before. Truly, the wrath of @cjforms.bsky.social is a power to behold.
This is excellent news - if you haven't been following Mr Pepys elsewhere, seize the opportunity to follow his doings.
New blog post: Meta-priorities for NHS reform policysketchbook.wordpress.com/2024/09/13/m...
We are two months in and, as far as NHS reform goes, the new government is still in a stage of political positioning and information gathering. Lord Darziās report, published yesterday, tells us that ...
I have an outpatient appointment on Monday. I have been asked to register for two apparently totally different apps. One shows me the appointment and a letter relating to it. The other shows me the appointment and says explicitly that there is no letter.
The question most needing to be asked and most rarely answered in relation to reform programmes is, what stopped it working last time? Because there was always a last time.
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Making buses work better is very much worth doing - and it continues to be bizarre that even in London, TfL continues to act as though it were a train company with the embarrassment of a few bus routes, rather than a bus company which runs some trains. www.publicstrategist.com/2013/11/bus-...
Chesterton's fence is a protection, not a barrierChesterton's fence is a protection, not a barrier