diff --git a/_posts/2024-09-25-september-2024.md b/_posts/2024-09-25-september-2024.md index c7dc8f7..36212de 100644 --- a/_posts/2024-09-25-september-2024.md +++ b/_posts/2024-09-25-september-2024.md @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Mostly I've been slowly reading through [Foundations](https://ukfoundations.co/) > The planning documentation for the Lower Thames Crossing, a proposed tunnel under the Thames connecting Kent and Essex, runs to 360,000 pages, and the application process alone has cost £297 million. That is more than twice as much as it cost in Norway to actually build the longest road tunnel in the world. -I liked David Hugh-Jones' [brief commentary](https://wyclif.substack.com/p/a-quick-reaction-to-foundations). Also some interesting [pushback on the energy aspects](https://x.com/James_BG/status/1838502656534298687) from James Murray. Waiting for [Tom Forth](https://x.com/thomasforth) to weigh in. This discussion has me curious about the political make up of the UK, where I've lived for four years now. Labour ostensibly supports increasing investment in housing, energy and transport. But the paper in general is probably further to the right than Labour. The Tories have demonstrated that they're not interested in sensible policy, the Greens are against building things, and I'm not sure where Lib Dems come out apart from being the [middle-class]((https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/07/10/the-new-front-line-of-british-politics-is-just-lovely) placeholder party. +I liked David Hugh-Jones' [brief commentary](https://wyclif.substack.com/p/a-quick-reaction-to-foundations). Also some interesting [pushback on the energy aspects](https://x.com/James_BG/status/1838502656534298687) from James Murray. Waiting for [Tom Forth](https://x.com/thomasforth) to weigh in. This discussion has me curious about the political make up of the UK, where I've lived for four years now. Labour ostensibly supports increasing investment in housing, energy and transport. But the paper in general is probably further to the right than Labour. The Tories have demonstrated that they're not interested in sensible policy, the Greens are against building things, and I'm not sure the Lib Dems have any policy positions just yet. I'm still learning about this country, clearly, especially when it comes to small-L labour and how the unions are getting on. In that vein, I read an interesting US-focused piece arguing that [unions are not the way to help workers](https://www.richardhanania.com/p/unions-are-not-the-way-to-help-workers). I don't have a good enough grasp of the history and current situation to weigh in, but I'm enjoying some of the discussion around this.