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Jonn Elledge

Jonn Elledge

The Guardian

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Prosecuting passengers for pocket change? Rail ticketing in Britain has become an absolute farce

There are a number of things that made Northern’s attempts to prosecute Sam Williamson for rail fare evasion seem a bit off. One was that he, er,...

27.11.2024 20

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Jonn Elledge

Labour’s not declaring a 20mph war on motorists. Maybe it should

Driving is not nearly as nippy a way of getting around a city as the average car ad suggests. In most of the UK, the speed limit in a built-up area is...

04.09.2024 6

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Jonn Elledge

An (incomplete) list of every terrible policy the Conservatives have inflicted on Britain since 2010

Before he entered Downing Street, David Cameron spent several years campaigning on the slogan “Broken Britain”. “The challenge for the modern...

03.07.2024 10

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As the Channel tunnel turns 30, England needs to grow up and acknowledge its deep bond with France

The first passenger train from England to France carried Queen Elizabeth II to Calais on 6 May 1994. Trains carrying less exalted passengers would not...

06.05.2024 100

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US politics is awash with crude and misleading attack ads. Now it’s the UK’s turn

One of my favourite jokes in The Simpsons concerns the unhinged nature of US political advertising. “Mayor Quimby supports revolving-door...

17.04.2024 10

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Jonn Elledge

The manifesto Britain needs After 14 years of dead ends, here are three ways Labour can rejuvenate UK public transport

Creating a better public transport system will be vital for meeting Labour’s economic goals and its environmental ones; and it would make for a much...

21.03.2024 6

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Guardian Opinion cartoon Ben Jennings on Britain’s ‘technical’ recession – cartoon

16.02.2024 20

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Tickets, please, angry Tories! You may not like the name, but you’re welcome on London’s Windrush line

One of the things that makes London’s transport network so special – along with the world’s oldest underground railway, and the invention of the...

15.02.2024 20

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